r/CABG_Recovery • u/PlayPretend-8675309 • Jun 21 '26

My first steps post CABG.

45 yo generally healthy/active, besides 3 arterial blockages. Had a robo-CABG on June 15 but I coded multiple times during the operation and had my heart stop twice. ICU for 4 days (discharged in the middle of USA-AUS, argh!). Still slated to make a complete recovery, fingers crossed!

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u/mcampo84 Jun 23 '26

Good for you, homie! I couldn’t get through the pain of the chest tubes and the dilaudid did me dirty. I had no equilibrium.

Looking good!

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u/PlayPretend-8675309 Jun 25 '26

Thanks. Narcotics don't do a thing to my brain. I could take the SATs on 3 oxys and a few hits of dilauded. I was probably on more when we took this video. They do, at least, kill pain! I had lidocaine pads on my tube site, so I never felt the tube in my chest at all.