[Paddlewise] Coronary bypass recovery

On May 3 I had an unanticipated quadruple coronary bypass operation, which
involved splitting the breastbone apart to get at the heart. During the
wrap-up phase the surgeon stitched the breastbone back together with silver
wire and glued the incision together. Until the bone knits (about six
weeks), I'm not supposed to pick up, push, or pull more than five pounds,
and I have to be care not to apply any differential pressure to the two
sides of the chest when getting into and out of bed (no rotating from the
waist!). Aside from that, I'm feeling pretty chipper. 

Has anyone on Paddlewise had a similar operation? If so, my wife would like
to know how long it took before you were back in your kayak again. In my
case the damage to the coronary arteries was discovered before there was any
damage to the heart muscle, so I am anticipating pretty much a complete
recovery.

Chuck Holst
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