What to expect after open heart surgery? answers (392)

A: A lot of open heart surgery patients can be home in 4 days! It depends significantly on the patient, how many grafts are needed, and any other health problems the patient may have. Patients that are diabetic, have lung problems or kidney problems may take a bit longer to recover just because of these complications. A lot of hospitals will have you come in before the surgery for some education - to explain the procedure itself, perform some laboratory and lung function tests, and to discuss some presurgery preparation they may want you to do in advance. The requirements have changed a lot - but I remember having

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A: it takes a while but ur dad wont feel a thing while surgery and he will be fine for sure also he will recover in no time My mom just had five bypasses. She went in at like 10-30 and by 5 or so, they were done. But the actual surgery, if I''m not mistaken, only took a couple of hours. He''s young. I know it''s hard, but these kinds of things are getting to be very routine. Don''t stress too much. I hope he gets well soon. I''m sorry to hear that. I do not know; my dad had two Angioplasties done a few years back. He was back to work a week later and is now doing fine. I know your dad''s is more entailed, but, i wish him the same luck my dad had. Best of luck. ? Lily...

A: It is considered a serious surgery to the patient because it is both an emotional issue and the fact that your body is under tremendous pressure during open-heart surgery. However, to a cardiothoracic surgeon, most heart surgeries, such as coronary artery bypass grafting and valve replacement is an everyday for them. Mortality rates for heart surgery are at around 2% at most centers. The individual person''s success rate with heart surgery is also based on their status before the surgery. Nowadays, people rarely die from heart surgery. On a scale of 1-10 of severity,

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A: watch out www.theheartdiseases.com for more details http://www.google.co.in/search?num=100&hl=en&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=d8G&q=open+heart+surgery+site%3Ayoutube.com&btnG=Search&meta= Bypass surgery is still a complicated surgery, but it is much better now than years ago. Usually, you are out of bed the 2nd day, and the total hospital stay is a week or less if all goes well. Full recovery takes a while (months) and there is alot of hard work afterwards (change in eating habits, exercise, etc) but as long as there aren''t any complications, or other issues going on, most people make a full...

A: Try juicing fresh fruits and veggies for him and let his body repair itself through good nutrition. The quality of anyone''s life depends on how you fuel it. Fuel it with the good stuff! I did this for my father-in-law after (almost) the same surgery and he was 62. The only difference is he has Diabetes and I had to watch the natural sugars in the fruit. He recovered so beautifully the Doctor''s were asking him what he was doing. Seriously it was expensive and time consuming but worth it. My father in law had open heart surgery back in 1999. Right now he is about 72-75 years old. He is also a diabetic, his health goes up and down all the...

A: I''m very sorry about your situation. In general, open heart surgeries come with two different types of potential neurological complications. The first is multiple small strokes. This occurs most commonly when the aorta (or the large artery coming from the heart) is unclamped near the end of the procedure. When the clamp is placed, it can crush down on cholesterol plaques that have been lying dormant for years. When the clamp is released, it can send a small shower of these cholesterol particles up to the brain, leading to multiple strokes. The other common problem occurs when the patient is placed on a cardiac bypass pump. In other words, a machine acts as a...

A: It all depends on you, some people are stronger than others some take longer to recover, some go into a depressive state some just give up, I went through a tough time the first time at age 40 mainly depression, the second time age 52 was a breeze, was back to work in 6 weeks, no stitches or staples, the surgeon has alot to do with it as well some of coarse are better then others. but all in all it is so routine these days there is not much to worry about , most will all be in your head, there will be some discomfort but no real pain to speak of, also coughing is beneficial but only for the first week or so, laughing...

A: Hello, StillH2Os. I don''t have an answer, but can only confirm that my mother''s dementia began at age 79 following open-heart surgery, a triple bypass. She had a sharp mind before surgery and they wrote "positive outcome expected" on the chart, but came out with aphasia, confused and with memory problems. She also lost her physical vigor and quickly became frail. I did not worry for a long time because they tell you that confusion and memory problems are normal and temporary. But she''s been on a 5+year downslide ever since into worse and worse dementia. It kills me because she was so active and sharp both mentally and physically before surgery that I

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A: heart disease from what I gather is a lot like having a disease thats always with you (Diabetes, HIV, herpes,ect- though you may not for sure 100% die from the actual problem as you will with some of these issues) it never really just ''gets all better'' Once you have a heart clogging, and you need meds your probably going to need to take the meds for the rest of your life. Activities could improve with time but it doesn''t mean the issue has been stopped completely . heart cells as well as brain cannot be replaced so, if your heart has been starved of oxygen during a

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A: Hi Michael! There are remedies that can be used to help you heal faster and better from surgery, with fewer or no painkillers. Since it is not a good idea to prescribe over the web, it is best to talk to someone who can take a look at all circumstances and then pick the best remedies and potencies for you, based on what exactly will be done. Arnica is a good remedy for all kinds of healing from trauma, Staphysagria is a good remedy for the healing of cuts and for surgery in general. Hypericum is a good remedy for damaged nerves (cut, traumatized, anesthesized), Nux-v is a remedy for chemical poisoning from drugs and anesthetics. There are others as well,...