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Post by brucemacneill on Jan 13, 2018 17:17:11 GMT -5
I sometimes golf with a guy a couple of years younger than me who had a triple bypass a few years ago. He tries to play every day, plays 9 holes usually and walks them. He's still a longer hitter than I am and putts better. He also has a couple of cigarettes during the round. He considers them a guilty pleasure and has no intentions of stressing himself while trying to quit.
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Post by james on Jan 13, 2018 17:50:42 GMT -5
Sorry you've had this trauma Doug. Hope you are feeling better soon.
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Post by TKennedy on Jan 13, 2018 17:53:42 GMT -5
Wow I missed the fact he was having a triple. That’s a big deal. Having your chest cracked hurts!Interesting that you say that, Terry.....I've done that twice now and neither time did I take any pain meds. Nothing beyond some Tylenol for my achy, breaky back. Stiff after laying on it for 10 days while I had the balloon pump in. My two hernia repairs and two shoulder surgeries were significantly more painful. I remember when my dad had a quintuple bypass.....felt fabulous after healing. Doug.....do you have any shirts that go with a dark turquoise? If you have the same sternum protection vest I had, that's the only color the handles come in.   Wow, maybe things are better now. I did a year of cardiovascular surgery in 72 before going into ortho and I remember how much those midline sternotomy patients hurt. They must be getting better at it. I will revise my thinking. Thanks Don! |
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Post by concertinagirl on Jan 13, 2018 18:54:05 GMT -5
I wish you a speedy recovery Doug!!!
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Post by John B on Jan 13, 2018 20:34:22 GMT -5
Glad to hear the good news!
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Post by david on Jan 13, 2018 21:25:02 GMT -5
Doug, thinking of you and holding good thoughts. Stick with the program. Stay away from them nasty cancer candies!!!
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Post by aquaduct on Jan 13, 2018 21:27:54 GMT -5
God bless, Doug. Hope it goes well.
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Post by david on Jan 13, 2018 21:30:33 GMT -5
God bless, Doug. Hope it goes well. I missed you Peter. Welcome home. |
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Post by aquaduct on Jan 13, 2018 21:44:28 GMT -5
God bless, Doug. Hope it goes well. I missed you Peter. Welcome home. Thanks my friend. Glad somebody did. |
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Post by Chesapeake on Jan 13, 2018 21:51:53 GMT -5
I missed you Peter. Welcome home. Thanks my friend. Glad somebody did. Well, I did too. |
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Post by Chesapeake on Jan 13, 2018 21:54:02 GMT -5
Good luck Doug. I concur with Doc's prognosis. Not that I know anything about it, but it sounds good to me.
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Post by Marty on Jan 13, 2018 21:59:02 GMT -5
Being the evil rat bastard that I am I was thinking of texting Doug this. : Doug, you think it hurts now, just wait until you try to laugh:
But maybe I should give him a few days to recover first.
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Post by Don Clark on Jan 13, 2018 22:01:29 GMT -5
Wow, maybe things are better now. I did a year of cardiovascular surgery in 72 before going into ortho and I remember how much those midline sternotomy patients hurt. They must be getting better at it. I will revise my thinking. Thanks Don! Same surgeon did the transplant and the valve replacement. Cinched my sternum firmly and tied it shut with 9 pieces of titanium wire, like bread twisties. Main incision was glued shut. I think the glue is mostly responsible for the pain free surgical site. I glue split calluses in the winter, and pain is gone immediately. |
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Post by epaul on Jan 13, 2018 22:02:12 GMT -5
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Post by epaul on Jan 13, 2018 22:13:26 GMT -5
And good to see you again, James. Well, not "see" exactly. The Norse have a word for it, "skaolhusensnorgan".
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Post by Tamarack on Jan 13, 2018 22:53:47 GMT -5
Bounce back quickly Doug!
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Post by Dub on Jan 13, 2018 23:01:13 GMT -5
I missed you Peter. Welcome home. Thanks my friend. Glad somebody did. So have I. Nice to see both you and James. |
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Post by t-bob on Jan 14, 2018 0:06:53 GMT -5
dogspeed dougie!
don is the $12 million man in soundholians. I was a wooden nickel man last june 2016 - 5 hearts surgeries, 2 staph infections in ICUs in two hospitals. Don is a tremendous patient/survivor.
dogspeed dougie 2nd time
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Post by mnhermit on Jan 14, 2018 10:26:11 GMT -5
Got two texts from Doug's phone:
'still at hospital. will be here until at least the am'
then about 4 hours later:
'red coffee cup'
I'd guess the drugs are pretty good. or my phone/cell service is worse than I knew it was.
I'm guessing we wont be playing bridge this evening.
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Jan 14, 2018 10:37:35 GMT -5
Got two texts from Doug's phone: 'still at hospital. will be here until at least the am' then about 4 hours later: 'red coffee cup' I'd guess the drugs are pretty good. or my phone/cell service is worse than I knew it was. I'm guessing we wont be playing bridge this evening. 😀 Mike |
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