Best Bike After Bypass Surgery?

Bob Newman said:

I have just had open heart surgery and have been riding a
traditional road bike with drop down bars. As this puts a
lot of stress on your chest would I be better off to go to
a recumbent? Or will I heal-up in the long run to continue
with what I have?

We can only advise you as to meds and diet.

Ask your cardiologist about the bikes.

Bill "seriously, good luck" S.

i did full training in general surgery, including time on the cardiac surgery service, and now i am training in reconstructive plastic surgery - so i have seen many patients with sternotomy wounds of all kinds - usually normally healing wounds, but i have also reconstructed infected sternums that have fallen apart. assuming normal healing, you should be able to bike no problem in 2 months time. you may have some aches/pains, but those should get better as time goes by. i wouldn't jump cliffs, but road biking should be fine. enjoy! eric

Bob Newman said:

I have just had open heart surgery and have been riding a
traditional road bike with drop down bars. As this puts a
lot of stress on your chest would I be better off to go to
a recumbent? Or will I heal-up in the long run to continue
with what I have?

Go ask your doctor before you contemplate getting back on
a bike....

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I have just had open heart surgery and have been riding a
traditional road bike with drop down bars. As this puts a
lot of stress on your chest would I be better off to go to
a recumbent? Or will I heal-up in the long run to continue
with what I have?

I had double bypass in 1996 was driving my car a in 2 weeks
and riding a bike with uprite handle bars in 3weeks. Dr said
to wait for a month but I felt fine after the staples were
removed from my chest and leg I didn't push it and had no
problems at all, ask your DR his opinion, as I'm sure it may
be diff for each person

Thanks... Bob

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i did full training in general surgery, including time on
the cardiac surgery service, and now i am training in
reconstructive plastic surgery
- so i have seen many patients with sternotomy wounds of
all kinds - usually normally healing wounds, but i have
also reconstructed infected sternums that have fallen
apart. assuming normal healing, you should be able to
bike no problem in 2 months time. you may have some
aches/pains, but those should get better as time goes
by. i wouldn't jump cliffs, but road biking should be
fine. enjoy! eric

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I had a triple bypass and the repair of a hole in my heart
in early March. I returned to cycling last week using my
hybrid. The cardiologist told me that all should be healed
in three months and could cycle without restriction. I'm
more concerned about dumping than pressure from the road or
hybrid bars.

Good luck!

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I had a triple bypass and the repair of a hole in my heart
in early March. I returned to cycling last week using my
hybrid. The cardiologist told me that all should be healed
in three months and could cycle without restriction. I'm
more concerned about dumping than pressure from the road
or hybrid bars.

Good luck!

The positive thing is that they shave your leg so you
already have a headstart in the shaving department.

I had major abdominal surgery in early march. I'm back on
the bike since late april, but for me I still worry about
a fall, more than normal. Aside from that it's fine but
I'm not quite where I would be at this time of year in
terms of strength.

Thanks guys. I'm anticipating already.

Bob

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I had a triple bypass and the repair of a hole in my
heart in early

March.

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I returned to cycling last week using my hybrid. The
cardiologist told

me

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that all should be healed in three months and could
cycle without restriction. I'm more concerned about
dumping than pressure from the

road

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or hybrid bars.

Good luck!

The positive thing is that they shave your leg so you
already have a headstart in the shaving department.

I had major abdominal surgery in early march. I'm back on
the bike since late april, but for me I still worry about
a fall, more than normal. Aside from that it's fine but
I'm not quite where I would be at this time of

year

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in terms of strength.

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I had a triple bypass

Well, we have the "Triple By-Pass" ride here in Colorado.

120 miles from Evergreen to Avon over Squaw (11,140 ft.),
Loveland (11,990 ft.), Swan Mountain and Vail (10,560 ft.)
passes, with over 10,000 ft. of lung-busting gain in
elevation!

July 10th.

It would be neat if someone with a triple by pass rode the
triple by pass.

I

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am sure it has been done (I guess). Of course, this may be
a bit more

than you

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might want to take on. I know, at 64 yo, I have no
desire!!

see:

That makes me think of those rides they advertise in
Procycling, to raise money for some asthma foundation. ONe
year it was from Macchu Picchu to Lake titicaca, or the
mountains of ecuador. I have no idea what it is this year.
But it sounds like you'd have asthma by the end of one of
those rides, if you didn't have it at the start!

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Thanks guys. I'm anticipating already.

Bob

Absolutely- just get out there and enjoy the fact that
you're on the bike and not in a hospital or worse... my dad
his his bypass in the summer. But at least he was able to go
walk outside when he started feeling better.

After this winter I realized that if chocolate is what
people eat in heaven,then hospital food is what people
eat in hell.