Anybody out there swingin a detector after open heart surgery?

[BARGuy]

Anybody out there swingin' a detector after open heart surgery?

I recently had bypass surgery. Incisions seem to be healing nicely, but my shoulder blades are s-o-r-e where they apparently stretched open my ribcage.

Anybody get over it enough to swing & how long have I got to wait? This hangin' around the house really smells!


Cheers...

 

[kieser sousa/rip]

Leave the house and go to the bar.....might smell better but I doubt it. I have a good friend that has had three heart surgery's and has something...a pacemaker ? that makes a ticking noise....but anyhow he detects with me all the time.You should probably take it easy and have someone with you if you do go detecting.Good luck !

 

[bill from lachine]

Check with the surgeon....he should be able to give you a timeline as to when it would be safe and at what pace.

Regards + HH

Bill

 

[Rodbuster209]

Two of my hunting partners had open heart surgery, one of them was told by his cardiologist to wait a year and he did. The other one started swinging his detector after six months, he seems to be alright just doesn't have the stamina, if it were me I would switch to a troy or tesoro because they are real light compared to the older whites di's that they are using........GL.... Scott.

 

[BARGuy]

Yeah...I go in for the pacemaker implant tomorrow...Heart beat was down to 44 BPM, but surgery got it up to lower 60s BPM...They want it higher.

REAL happy to hear that there is a light at the end of the tunnel! I've got a coupla lighter machines to use for a few months, but I love my Whites analog.

And maybe I can get my wife of 54 years interested again...That way she could protect her interests...and she's good company!

Thanx for the encouraging words! DR

 

[truckinbutch]

I had a triple bypass . Full sternum split and my heart laying on a table for 2 hours . Week in hospital in recovery . 3 days after I got home I started my rehab project . Put in a 12'x24' patio from the start . Hurt a bit and took me a long time .
Swinging the coil was a leisure activity compared to that .
>Every person's recovery is relative to their own overall health , doctor's opinion , and just how aggressive they want to be .

 

[lost]

My bestest friend in the whole world had by-pass surgery a couple of years ago. Two weeks after the operation he wanted to go gold panning with me. Being the bestest friend I took him with the understanding I would dig, haul material to him and he would feed the sluice. Got him fixed up with a nice canvas chair next to the sluice. Bestest friend lasted less than a quarter of a five gallon bucket. Pooped out. Had to bail. Just getting him the short distance back to the truck had me sacred to death. Everybody recovers at a different rate. The following summer he was digging dredging fool. Now he tells the story of how I took him off the creek that day just when he was starting to have fun and find gold.