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Devocamper
Explorer
Jun 29, 2019

How long to return to camping after open heart surgery

Had a surprise at the end of May which was an unexpected triple bypass surgery with a added bonus of a PE but at least no heart damage ! It has been a month now and making slow progress at this point...
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dieseltruckdriv
Explorer II
Jun 29, 2019
I took our 5er out at 3 1/2 months. I went in to surgery pretty fit, at least as good as I could.

Your body will let you know what you can do. I had a valve job, so it was pretty serious, and I was very anxious to get back to normal. I am on warfarin for the rest of my life, and it doesn't really change your life at all.

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