HAS ANYONE HERE HAD BYPASS SURGERY?

[monica38]

If so if you could let me know what your basic pulse rate is I would really appreciate it, I appreciate the earlier response to my question , however I have seen my husband with a pulse of 74 and with his already low blood pressure, and medications that make him tired, it makes him feel listless.

Thank You All
Monica

[monica38]

Thank You so much for responding, my husband too went to the ER shortly after his surgery thinking he was having another episode, but we found out it was a panic attack which is not uncommon after going through such a traumatic surgery and recovery. Then we found out he has significant sleep apnea, blessedly though, we were able to get in to a sleep center and get a cpap machine which has happened to work out great. My heart does go out to you though regarding that feeling or thought of any little pain might be something serious, I worked at a doctor's office for six years and one of the many things I learned was that up to the first year you are going to have little pains here and there, due to the muscle and nerves healing, heck you even have to think people who do not have this kind of surgery done have little pains too. Hope this helps.
I also understand that everyone is different in regards to pulse it's just that he already runs on the tired side because of his meds and where he is at now seems just right to me but hey I am not the doctor.

Thanks Again,
Monica

[RadioAstronomyObserver]

The only problems I had was during the first couple/three weeks at home where I was super sensitive to every ache and bump thinking I was having another heart attack, even to the point of going to the hospital emergency department only to have the symptoms disappear once there.  Also the blood pressure med.s were scary but again every time it was checked it was fine.  I'm on Simvastatin for cholesterol and have absolutely no problems.  In fact the only problem I have is, I believe, unrelated to the heart and surgery, and that would be the thyroid.  Don't take my pulse as a base line or even a normal pulse, each individual is exactly that, an individual where everything is different from everybody else.  And while we're on the topic of age, my older brother had exactly the same thing I did when he was 30, a good 10 or so years ago, things have changed with the care of cardiac patients in that short of time.

  Reading this forum almost every day and I have found many interesting topics and suggestions.  There are other cholesterol med.s out there, keep talking to the Doc. to find the right one and/or look through the archives here for those natural herbs and what have you.  As I understand it, exorcise does a lot for controlling cholesterol, I'm up to walking 1/2 mile twice a day and may be doing more this week plus the other walking here and there and other activities.

[monica38]

Thank You so much for your reply!! You being so young also when you had your surgery helps me to see what kind of pulse rate baseline is normal. Did you have any trouble taking cholesterol lowering meds? or maybe you didn't have to take them. My husband cannot tolerate any statin drugs, and then tried Zetia and could not tolerate that either. Any suggestions.

Thank You and God Bless,
Monica

[RadioAstronomyObserver]

Double by-pass in April '09.  (42 y/o male) I believe my pulse, or was it heart rate(?) was 77 while in the hospital.  Every day and about every time the blood pressure, pulse, oxygen, were checked it was 77.  From that point until a couple weeks ago it dropped day by day to 56 resting.  Everybody is going to be different and that's beyond the age, weight, and condition normals.  Heart Rehab tells *me* I am supposed to get my heart rate up over 100 while exorcising.