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[suba92]

My father is 68 years old now they live in Sri Lanka he has under went on a heart surjery jun 2009 andsome times  he still complain about a pain and numness in his chest and his legs. The doctors has take a vain from his leg.
the woond is complitely heald now. He says he feels that he is loosing his memory power He fergets a lot.After a the surjery 1 week after he got a strock and we had to rush to the hospital again. he was unconcious for couple hrs.
after the strock he was not normal the way of talking and his behavior doctor put him on the pill "' to a get rest for his mind.Now we see a big imprument. How longe he had to contune on his medications
Can he tavel longe trips i meen to a nother countty to visite
how longe will a pation will have the pain and binamnees  after the operation    

[suba92]

First of all i thank you for your sincier replay. i am so sorry to here about your dads death.
i pray ask god that your mother will get well soon, give her the strenght and long life, and gide you all in the through commine years

love and wishes
suba92
  

[Tuckamore]

Hello Suba,

Welcome to the Pain Management Forum. I am glad you found us and took the time to tell us about your father's unfortunate medical issues.

We are always welcome here and I will be happy to give you my personal opinion. However  I think you may get more responses in a other forums such as this one: http://www.medhelp.org/forums/Heart-Disease/show/72  ;
OR this one: http://www.medhelp.org/forums/Stroke/show/62.
I encourage you to copy and paste your post to both forums.

From first hand experience heart disease is a huge insult to one's system, especially our senior citizens....although your father is not considered "elderly" by any means. My mother had a CABG (open heart/by-pass surgery) two years ago at the age of 74. It effected her memory and cognitive abilities. Her cardiovascular surgeon told us it would take her body/system a full year to recover. Before he could even begin to recover your father experienced a CVA  (cardiovascular accident) or stroke. This was another huge insult to his system. It is not uncommon for post surgical Cardiac or CVA patients to exhibit the symptoms/problems your father is experiencing.  

I am sorry that I cannot tell you how long he will require the medications he is currently being prescribed, nor can I guess how long it will be before he can travel. I would assume it will depend on how stability, strength and general health. This is certainly a question only his treating physician can answer with any certainty.

You may want to write down your questions and have your dad ask them of his physician. Sometimes, with your dad's permission the physician will even discuss these issues with you.  Possibly your dad could set up a phone meeting between you and his physician.

I am glad to hear that your dad is doing better. He is fortunate to have your love and concern. My dad passed on early this summer and I still miss him immensely! So hug your dad and tell him how much you can with every opportunity.

Peace,
~Tuck