Back From the Cabbage Patch

[Jim Koepke]

Gosh you guys have been busy. I haven't been gone a whole week and it looks like new posts will run to the next page.

Steven mentioned a sore knee in a thread he started. My medical appointment was about something else all together. Our regular doctor recently left this world. Our new doctor was booked up for a while. My wife and I both had issues so we were scheduled to see an overflow doctor. She listened to my questions carefully, listened a bit to my chest and then scheduled me to see some specialists.

Some might know what CABG times 3 means.

For those who do not, Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (three of them).

Just got home from that today. I recall being hit by a truck back in 1972 and waking up a few days later not being as painful. In the long run my recovery seems to be going better on this one.

jtk

[Christopher Charles]

Best of luck with your recovery! I'm a two time member of the "zipper club" (open heart) and it wasn't too bad in the end. Hope you find the same. Glad they caught it!

And Good to have you back.

[Stewie Simpson]

All the best with your recovery Jim, and take care.

Stewie;

[Frederick Skelly]

Glad you came through it ok Jim!
Get well soon.
Fred

[James Pallas]

Happy to hear your okay. It always better to have the doctors find your problem before the elephant does. Wishing you a swift recovery.
Jim

[george wilson]

Have a swift recovery. I have had a double bypass. Not sure when,but it was before I was 57. I hope they took your arteries out of your chest,and not from your leg.

[Pat Barry]

I was wondering why we hadn't heard from you for a while. I was picturing you on an exotic vacation somewhere Great to hear the operation went well for you. Years ago I went to a hospital for my work and spent a week watching various procedures. I was actually stunned by the number of folks who had to come back for a second bypass procedure. Fortunately, many of them got stents instead of the chest cracking the second time around. A couple year later (12 years ago now) I was in for a blocked artery but was lucky enough to get a stent. Best wishes for you and the other who have gone through this.

[Don Orr]

Glad to hear you did not end up like a cabbage. Best wished for a full recovery.

[Mel Fulks]

"Ya gotta have heart,all ya really need is heart,!"....glad parts are available ! Glad you're back ,time now for rest ,reflection ,and thanks.

[Ray Selinger]

Keep on ticking. Your contributions here are both knowledgeable and modestly expressed, a surprisingly rare combinations. So it's great news you're still kicking.

[steven c newman]

July of 2011, I had a heart attack at work ( A-Fib) and wound up getting a quad bypass. 10 week vacation that I'd rather NOT repeat. Thursday, I see a doctor about these old knees. Left one is acting up badly. Right one feels "neglected"...

Have you gotten out of the Cardio Rehab, yet?

[Dave Anderson NH]

Glad you came out fine Jim. Remember that every day is a good day..... some are just better than others. I've been told that it's best to stay on the green side of the grass.

[Bruce Haugen]

Good luck on your recovery, Jim. I've been down one of those roads, and partway down the other. I, too, got hit by a truck in the summer of '72 (without the benefit of a vehicle to protect me), and I ended up with a bunch of stents a few years back. No chest cracking for me, yet. Be sure to do the rehab religiously.

[Steve Beadle]

I sure hope you heal well and quickly, Jim. Something like that must make you thankful you're still alive and able to enjoy your grandchildren and your woodworking (soon, I hope!). A few years ago I had a "silent" heart attack. Didn't even know I had lost about 35 to 40 percent of my heart capacity (so they told me), but I recovered to low normal after a stent procedure. You take care, Jim, and follow the doctor's orders! I'd very much like to come up to Longview for a visit sometime. I'm not far away, here in Oregon City.

[Jeff Considine]

Zipper club member myself (5x). Glad you're doing well. Only advice I would offer is to take it easy while you're healing up - it took me the better part of a year to get back to my version of normal, but once there, it was fine. I made many changes to diet and lifestyle afterwards.

Glad you're back.

Jeff