slcharles31
07-06-2008, 12:35 PM
Hello. My mother had a quintuple bypass in 1998. She is scheduled to go back in the hospital in the morning for another angiogram. She is a nurse, and never wants the family to worry. She is the backbone of our family. I believe there is a strong possibility there is more going on than she is saying.
She was hospitalized about a month ago because they thought she might have a blood clot in her lung, but tests came back negative. Her previous surgery she almost didn't make it out of. She was very low risk because she worked out, ate right, non-smoker... but had so many complications during and after surgery (veins very tiny and hard to hold during surgery, fluid in lungs). Her condition is hereditary.
I am not sure of the survival rate after a quintuple of how long they say you are likely to survive. I could be reading a lot more into tomorrow's scheduled events... but I am just trying to prepare myself just in case.
Can anyone tell me what this means? Thanks:angel:
She was hospitalized about a month ago because they thought she might have a blood clot in her lung, but tests came back negative. Her previous surgery she almost didn't make it out of. She was very low risk because she worked out, ate right, non-smoker... but had so many complications during and after surgery (veins very tiny and hard to hold during surgery, fluid in lungs). Her condition is hereditary.
I am not sure of the survival rate after a quintuple of how long they say you are likely to survive. I could be reading a lot more into tomorrow's scheduled events... but I am just trying to prepare myself just in case.
Can anyone tell me what this means? Thanks:angel:
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hopesprings2
07-08-2008, 05:34 PM
my dad is 80 and had one done when he was in the 70s
i know tons of people old having it done and through all types of problems they are doing fine now
God Bless you and your FAMILY
i know tons of people old having it done and through all types of problems they are doing fine now
God Bless you and your FAMILY
Bill 1950
07-08-2008, 10:47 PM
How long? I have six bypasses that have been there for 27 years. Don't think that's any sort of record. It seems to me that I've heard of bypasses still going after 30+ years.
I flunked a nuclear stress test a couple of years ago and the cardiologists had an angiogram done (first since the bypasses). The angiogram showed that everything was functioning normally.
It could be that she's had some angina and they're going to see if she needs stent placement.
Anyway, I hope everything is OK.
I flunked a nuclear stress test a couple of years ago and the cardiologists had an angiogram done (first since the bypasses). The angiogram showed that everything was functioning normally.
It could be that she's had some angina and they're going to see if she needs stent placement.
Anyway, I hope everything is OK.