Triple Bypass

CH27

rachelhen wrote: »

Hi CH27 thanks for asking, He was at Broadgreen the care was second to none. He stayed on POCCU from the day of op (wednesday) till today because of low oxygen but all ok today and now on normal ward. I was shocked when I saw him after the op like death warmed up which he I suppose he was. I feltlike I was either going to cry or throw up but did neither. Watching him cough I know I have to stop smoking before he gets back so the patches are on tomorrow I am determined.
Even if he tries to go back to smoking I am going to stay off it will be easier for him to stop if I'm not doing it anyway. He has managed to get out of bed unaided to go to the loo today which is major. xxx

I'm so glad he is on the mend.
I remember walking up & down the hospital ward with Dad carrying his oxygen & what came up out of his lungs & he'd stopped smoking 6yrs earlier.

Good luck with the giving up smoking.

margaretclare

rachelhen wrote: »

Hi CH27 thanks for asking, He was at Broadgreen the care was second to none. He stayed on POCCU from the day of op (wednesday) till today because of low oxygen but all ok today and now on normal ward. I was shocked when I saw him after the op like death warmed up which he I suppose he was. I felt like I was either going to cry or throw up but did neither. Watching him cough I know I have to stop smoking before he gets back so the patches are on tomorrow I am determined.
Even if he tries to go back to smoking I am going to stay off it will be easier for him to stop if I'm not doing it anyway. He has managed to get out of bed unaided to go to the loo today which is major. xxx

Well done for deciding this. It's what's called a 'lightbulb' moment. Nowadays there is a huge amount of support to stop smoking - see your GP and get all the help that there is.

I have seen so many people who've had various forms of major surgery who just 'could not see the point' of giving up smoking, even when it was pointed out to them in words of one syllable what they had done/were doing to their bodies and how they could help themselves. They just did not have that 'lightbulb moment' and whatever anyone said to them was wasted breath. Once you've had that moment, you wonder how you ever thought differently.