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by: Safety44 Active Indicator LED Icon 5 OP 
~ 7 years ago   Jul 24, '16 9:59pm  
Can anyone give me an update on him?
Haven't reviewed many posts but haven't seen him.
I hope all is well! 4951
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Andreweggplant Active Indicator LED Icon 15
~ 7 years ago   Jul 24, '16 10:10pm  
Saw him the other day...  We were on the subject of weight loss and he sounded like he was doing well.  Glad to see you... Hope things are improving! 4951
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ProblemAgain Active Indicator LED Icon 10
~ 7 years ago   Jul 24, '16 10:21pm  
mention boobs and he might respond..he be like that, you know 4951
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sh56 Active Indicator LED Icon 13
~ 7 years ago   Jul 25, '16 9:12am  
@Safety44:  Isn't that just like you...worrying about someone else.How are YOU doing, BTW? 4951
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sweetie Active Indicator LED Icon 11 Forum Moderator
~ 7 years ago   Jul 25, '16 9:38am  
Safety44, glad to see you posting. Hope you're doing great. We all have been praying for your full and speedy recovery. 4951
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Fallon Active Indicator LED Icon 18
~ 7 years ago   Jul 25, '16 9:52am  
Removed By Request 4951
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Retired_Engineer Active Indicator LED Icon 13
~ 7 years ago   Jul 25, '16 10:45am  
@Safety44:  It's so kind of you to be concerned for me, especially with what you are going through!  I am doing great!  Since they were able to find the blockage before it completely plugged, and then I had the single bypass that same afternoon, I didn't have a heart attack.  The surgeon (Dr. Ott at St. Lukes) did the surgery.  He is well recognized and was a protege of Dr. Denton Cooley.  They didn't need to strip a vein from my leg and just rerouted an artery from the left part of my chest.  They did it so quickly that they didn't need to put me on the heart/lung machine.  Dr. Ott told me that the rest of my arteries and heart looked great!  He said that if I take care of my heart, it's good for another 30+ years.  Since I'll turn 61 in two months, I am happy with that! The only pain I had was around my tail-bone and the inner part of my left elbow.  I guess laying on the operating table for 3 hours for the heart catherization and then another 3 hours for the bypass bruised the area around my tail-bone.  They put an IV in my inner left elbow, as well as several other places.  Apparently, the one in my inner left elbow either punctured the vein or slipped out of the vein.  It was quite swollen and very sore for several days.They had me out of bed and sitting in a chair the day after surgery.  Within a couple of days, I was walking in the halls.They had me on a low carb diet in the hospital (hospital food=yuck!), and we decided to stick with that.  We shoot for 30-40 grams of carbs/day.  I have been able to cut my insulin in half with this diet.I had to be careful with my sternum for 6-8 weeks, as you are aware.  Tomorrow will be 11 weeks since my surgery and I'm doing great!Now, the important issue.... how are you? Are you back home or in the Houston area?  I would love to visit you.   4951
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~ 7 years ago   Jul 25, '16 10:58am  
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~ 7 years ago   Jul 25, '16 11:40am  
@Retired_Engineer, I still can't believe how upbeat you are, and how darn fast you are recovering.SO glad it went this way for youEmoticon   We were all worried.I hope @Safety44, gets back with us and lets us know he is all so on the road to recovery.
 
@Fallon:  I was extremely fortunate that things just seemed to go so well!  They kept me in the hospital longer because I was having regular episodes of atrial fibrillations, which I've had periodic episodes for several years.  They put me on Warfarin/Coumadin blood thinner as a preventative measure and didn't want to send me home until it stabilized.  They had me use a walker when walking the halls just to make sure I wouldn't fall.After 4 days, my blood thinner tests were regular, and I was ready to go home.  Part of the problem is that I had two Cardiologists making decisions.  One was my regular Cardiologist and he performed the catherization that located the blockage.  Dr. Ott then performed the bypass surgery.  Dr. Ott said I was ready to go home by Friday, but my Cardiologist wanted to keep me in a little longer for monitoring.  My surgery was on a Tuesday and I was ready to go home by Friday, but he convinced me to stay another day.  Of course, he had another doctor cover for him over the weekend and he wasn't going to release me.  When my regular Cardiologist came in Monday morning, I told him that I was going home that day.  He was hesitant but I convinced him that I was ready. I used a walker at home for about three days as a precaution.  I then saw him for a followup the next week and then saw one of Dr. Ott's nurses to remove the couple of stitches that didn't dissolve on their own.Overall, I feel very fortunate!
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~ 7 years ago   Jul 25, '16 1:11pm  
@Safety44:  It's so kind of you to be concerned for me, especially with what you are going through!  I am doing great!  Since they were able to find the blockage before it completely plugged, and then I had the single bypass that same afternoon, I didn't have a heart attack.  The surgeon (Dr. Ott at St. Lukes) did the surgery.  He is well recognized and was a protege of Dr. Denton Cooley.  They didn't need to strip a vein from my leg and just rerouted an artery from the left part of my chest.  They did it so quickly that they didn't need to put me on the heart/lung machine.  Dr. Ott told me that the rest of my arteries and heart looked great!  He said that if I take care of my heart, it's good for another 30+ years.  Since I'll turn 61 in two months, I am happy with that! The only pain I had was around my tail-bone and the inner part of my left elbow.  I guess laying on the operating table for 3 hours for the heart catherization and then another 3 hours for the bypass bruised the area around my tail-bone.  They put an IV in my inner left elbow, as well as several other places.  Apparently, the one in my inner left elbow either punctured the vein or slipped out of the vein.  It was quite swollen and very sore for several days.They had me out of bed and sitting in a chair the day after surgery.  Within a couple of days, I was walking in the halls.They had me on a low carb diet in the hospital (hospital food=yuck!), and we decided to stick with that.  We shoot for 30-40 grams of carbs/day.  I have been able to cut my insulin in half with this diet.I had to be careful with my sternum for 6-8 weeks, as you are aware.  Tomorrow will be 11 weeks since my surgery and I'm doing great!Now, the important issue.... how are you? Are you back home or in the Houston area?  I would love to visit you.  
 
@Retired_Engineer: I am so thankful your doing good. Saying many prayers for you and Safety44. God bless you both.
 
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