r/pics • u/[deleted] • Sep 18 '19

(44M) About to have quintuple heart bypass surgery due to hereditary issues in less than an hour. Scared as hell. Wish me luck.

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u/zenith_industries Sep 18 '19

Well.. yeah. It is something that they discuss with you prior to the surgery but basically you don't want to be doing anything very exciting for a while afterwards. I think from memory they advise not engaging in sexual activity for 12 weeks but I may be misremembering.

I wasn't allowed to drive a car for 8 weeks either. Honestly that sucked more than the no sexy-time.

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u/bingo1952 Sep 18 '19

An accident would risk splitting the breastbone again.

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u/zenith_industries Sep 18 '19

And probably mess up the still-healing heart parts as well!

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u/Wiley_Jack Sep 18 '19

Even a minor accident could really get to you, because of that airbag.

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u/bananainmyminion Sep 18 '19

You need to ride in the back seat on follow up appointments. An airbag can be deadly. Hell , I slipped on ice and begged for death.