Anyone had heart surgery…

[gsxbarmy]

Great that you are back home Col, onwards and upwards to a full recovery 

[Will14]

All the best for a speedy recovery

I know a couple of friends who have had similar operations & say that they can't believe how good they feel after the initial recovery period, although they didn't feel particularly bad before it had made them realise how much things had become harder to do

Cheers, Pete   

[GSXKING]

Quadruple eh 
I guess with four new open arteries you'll be running much smoother hopefully 🙏
Diabetes is a bugger of a thing, perhaps a better blood flow will assist 🙄
I think everyone on here
all wish you a speedy recovery mate 

[Kiwifruit]

Thanks guys. It's been an eye opener. Originally I thought just stent or maybe two at the time of the angiogram and I'd be brand new. So you can imagine my surprise when they said I required bypass surgery. Then to come out of surgery with a quadruple was a real shock.
No one event ever sat me on my knees but it was like a wall I could not get through . My first complaint to my GP was that i felt like i needed a bigger set of lungs. Sometimes I'd have to sit down after walking from my front door to my workshop a distance of only 50 metres. To be on the recovery side of the surgery is great yet I understand there is still a way to go, that is up to me doing as I'm told and being smart about about not overdoing things.
The support I have received has been huge, my wife has been incredible. My motorcycle mates have put me in a great frame of mind leading up to surgery. Now it's time to take it easy and recover. Our goals remain the same and our hope is to rebook our trip to Europe, not this year but next.
Our hope is to shake hands with a bunch of you and put faces to the names of those that have expressed to me their best wishes.

[Eric GSX1400K3]

Onwards and upwards mate  thanks for sharing the update.

[grog]

Col, so happy for ya,many new roads to travel now👍

[KiwiCol]

Good on ya Col, glad you're on the mend & have great support at home. 

[gsxbarmy]

When you are up to it Col (and with your GP's nod), some gentle walking will help your recovery. I started with just a few hundred yards and gradually built up to a few miles each day - really helped with the circulation, getting things working and with the fitness as well. Plus I found some great walks to do.

Just take it easy, don't rush things and in no time at all you'll feel great   

[Kiwifruit]

They'd like me to walk 30 mins a day. I will try to achieve that but cannot manage just at the moment. Does having a shave count towards my 30 mins ?

[Hooli]

If you're so unsteady on your feet you keep shuffling I'd say that counts as walking cause your feet are moving.

[gsxbarmy]

They'd like me to walk 30 mins a day. I will try to achieve that but cannot manage just at the moment. Does having a shave count towards my 30 mins ?

I started with a walk around the garden (its not a big garden mind) after my surgery and that wore me out the first time I did it. Just added a few steps extra each day, and then around the block where we live - just don't push it, know your limits!

[Kiwifruit]

If you're so unsteady on your feet you keep shuffling I'd say that counts as walking cause your feet are moving.

I'll call it the slow shoe shuffle Hooli 

I'm lapping the garden Dave, wifey had to cut the grass so I didn't get lost. Summer and hot here so only doing early morning and evening. I'm happy with progress.

[grog]

Well done Col, keep at walking. After prostate, i was hopeless. First 500 metre walk i couldnt get home, had to flag a car down. I then decided golf course was 6000 metres, my aim. In two weeks i was doing that distance every day.Then came the other can i do its, just picked them off one by one. Lifting, bending etc.The old body is pretty resilient, i now out do some of the young lazy pricks at work. Stretching, pilates exercises are great tools. Youll be right. 👍

[Kiwifruit]

Hoping to get a good report from my GP tomorrow.
Went for a drive with the bride for a change of scenery this evening. I was stuffed when we got back. I do feel a small improvement each day which is promising. Small steps.

[KiwiCol]

Good one mate.