Life after stents?

[ODB]

Can eat good, fast, and even exercise but if I have as much as a handful of nuts, a cookie, handful of potato chips, etc. will not lose any weight. It is frustrating that 95% effort is mitigated by 5% of a snack.

Man I hear this. I go through the exact same thing. It is disheartening.

 

[Amos Keeto]

Just so you know, even though most seem to do ok with them, stints can have a down side. At any rate people having these kinds of issues don’t have much choice. Doctors generally do stints before considering surgery.

This is accurate. My wife is in the medical field. I think she said something like 65% of your health issues are genetically related. The rest is what you were exposed to or did to yourself.
My dad had 5 bypassed about 3 years ago. He was 74 when done. He was plugged up but doc says it was due to just aging--not genetics or lifestyle. Took awhile to heal up but feels great now.
Doc said, "Think about it...car engine. A few parts wear out and you put new parts in! Good to go!" You leave better than you came so have confidence. I get being scared a bit and worried...its your heart! But after some grace time healing up you should be confident that you are now better than you were!!!

Doctors can work miracles these days. I'm pretty certain, if medical advances continue, the next fifty years would blow our minds today!
BUT....any "invasive" procedure will not return you to "normal"!
Improve? Yes!
Back to natural, normal? CLOSE, but not quite!

 

[bigv]

Doctors can work miracles these days. I'm pretty certain, if medical advances continue, the next fifty years would blow our minds today!
BUT....any "invasive" procedure will not return you to "normal"!
Improve? Yes!
Back to natural, normal? CLOSE, but not quite!

I don't know....you just said it. Docs and procedures can be miracles. I can't prove you'd be back to normal...however you're often better than normal. Take my dad....feels 10 times better after his bypasses. Never knew he had an issue and probably had it for years. Got it fixed and said he wished he knew about it years ago. To me, that's better than normal.

 

[bigv]

Well....maybe I can prove it. I had to have a heart ablation 2 yrs ago to fix a heart flutter. I do feel normal again. Often forget i had it done.

 

[DooleyVT]

I don't know....you just said it. Docs and procedures can be miracles. I can't prove you'd be back to normal...however you're often better than normal. Take my dad....feels 10 times better after his bypasses. Never knew he had an issue and probably had it for years. Got it fixed and said he wished he knew about it years ago. To me, that's better than normal.

My docs said I would obviously have better blood flow now than I've had in several years. Not sure if I'll actually feel any different because of that but more blood will be moving. Looking forward to gaining some of that confidence back in my health once I start doing things.

 

[goosedog]

Just started training again this last weekend after my two stints were put in so 5 days after procedure felt great no problems did my normal pack training route of 4 miles and 40 lbs did a check up Monday with the cardiologist everything looked good he said it was fine that I go hunting first week of October just take it easy as I still have a 2 narrowed vessels but I had all this last year and I'm better off now than I was then next procedure is set for October 16th he really wanted to get me in before I started guiding rifle bull hunts

 

[DooleyVT]

Yeah man! That’s encouraging. Good luck with all of it.

 

[tuffcity]

Had a stent put in 2019 at age 57. 2021 I was packing my daughter's ram off the mountain. Follow the doc's post-op physio program and get back to enjoying what you do. You'll enjoy life even more.