Bypass Surgery Recovery Period

Bypass surgery recovery period depends on individual’s prior health condition and age and everyone recovers from bypass surgery in their own speed and it generally takes time. One will be able to sit on a chair just after a day, able to walk more or less after 3 days & walk on the stairs after a week. The bypass surgery recovery period in general is inside twelve weeks of time.

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[highendevo]

I'm a 62 year old, with triple bypass, your time frame is right on, Thanks for the Info

[niceamigo]

3 days in hospital, walk up two flights of stairs, home in bed for two weeks then back to work, sept 2008 today 2018 all well thank you, thank you again mr methta your the best .

[jimkey]

I was walking the day after and left Hospital 4 days after. Enjoyed Tv for 6 weeks after!

[ninaraynard]

Just an added note to above who says after 1 1/2 years still has breathing problems. Every patient needs to know that you and you alone know when you are able to resume life. At 72 I had double bypass and took 21 days of rehab at YMCA as per dr. recommendations. It took over a year to begin feeling better and now at 2 years recovery I am feeling well, but still shortness of breath and need to rest everyday. Don't let anyone tell you it's time to get back into life. That core feeling of unwellness lasts 1 1/2 years.

[Letswinjeff]

they got me up the day after 3CABG i was so dizzy!!!., went home 3 only allowed on first floor. 3 times a week health care come by to take blood pressure. out of work for 12 weeks made to go back to work at 12 weeks. my body needed longer but i wasnt allowed that. everyone is different. im now 1 1/2 yr out. and finding i am week and out of breath

[philipdangelo]

This video is way behind the times as compared to what is happening now.
I had a mild heart attack 5 years ago when I was 64. Two days after a heart catherization to determine the extent of damage, I had Quintuple (5) bypass surgery. I went to Lankenau Hospital in Philadelphia and was extremely pleased with Dr. Francis Sutter and his fantastic surgical team as well as the excellent nursing staff. I was operated on a Thurs in the afternoon. Following approx. a 6-hour of open heart surgery and within 1 hour after waking up they made me stand-up and walk with assistance to a chair where I sat upright for several hours. Pain level was mild, and I only took 1 pain pill over the next two days. I was told I could go home as soon as I could climb a set of stairs. On Friday and Saturday, I walked down the hallway with a walker and a nurse twice each day. On Sunday I climbed the stairs from the 1st floor to the 2nd floor and went home Sunday afternoon.

At home, I then sat and slept in a lazy boy recliner for two weeks. Laying down in bed just did not feel right for about 2 weeks. On my 2nd day home a visiting nurse arrived, and she filled me in on what to expect over the next 26 weeks. I thanked her and told her I would be back to work in 4 weeks and traveling in 6 weeks, she smiled and said we will see. That day, against her objections, we walked together about 100 yards outside. She came back two more times and then signed me off. I exercised for 5 minutes 8 times a day by stepping up and down on the steps on a staircase increasing the number of steps every other day as well as taking my 100 yard walk outside 3 times a day.

Four (4) weeks post-op, I started working again on the phone with clients and typing reports. I also started driving again and I should have started sooner because once I started driving life improved dramatically. I immediately felt the progress and fruits of my recovery, which was a tremendous psychological boost. Six (6) weeks post-op, I started driving up to 2 hours each way a couple days a week. On post-op week 11, I flew to the West coast and gave a technical training course and attended a 3-day conference. Walking the Hills of Seattle, WA and feeling no pain and not breathing hard was a real psychological boost. I did complete 24 cardiac rehab sessions at a local hospital from post-op weeks 6 to 14 as well as walked a minimum of 30 minutes per day. Those rehab sessions and walking were extremely important due to the exercise as well as the interaction with other people who are going through the same things you are. The nurses at rehab provided a tether to the medical community, in case it was needed. Exercising, Testing and Comparing your physical and psychological abilities is an important part of recovery.


Everyone's recovery is different. I was extremely fortunate. I went to the right hospital and had the right medical team, which was fortuitous. I had family support from my wife and daughters who all worked in medicine to one degree or another and knew the right questions to ask and the right people to take advice from. The biggest factor in recovery is your own psychological approach to the problem. I took on this cardio event as a technical project. I am a technical consultant and as such I am always gathering information, accessing data and informing clients as to what they need to know and actions that need to be taken. How they react to the advice is up to them. I never place blame, in that it is a waste of time when trying to recover a process. Time for determining the root cause comes after the situation is resolved. I approached my heart attack the same way. Ok, I had a heart attack, now ask the right questions. How bad is it, what are the options, whom should I speak with and what is the prognosis if we do A, B, C, D etc. Discuss the problem with those with a proven track record and then you make a decision as to how to proceed. Do not let “Debbie Downer” into your mind. We all solve small and large life problems every day or we would not be here now. Staying positive and knowing that all problems are solvable, if you ask the right questions, will get you through any and all circumstances. Your mental attitude and unflinching determination in knowing that you can and will recover is just as important as the physical and medical actions taken to facilitate your recovery. You are in control and 100% responsible for your life, not the doctors, insurance companies or "The System".
PS: In case you are wondering it takes approx. 1 full year post-op before you feel completely normal again.

[sheagoff]

Watching while I’m eating salty pretzels. I’m slowly killing my self but I don’t care. Pretzels are too good

[robstant]

THAT IS NOT TRUE AT ALL! I WALKED WITHIN THEN SAME DAY!!!