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Recovery After Open Heart Surgery

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Your recovery begins as soon as the surgery is over. After coronary bypass surgery a typical recovery at home is six weeks though recovery can take anywhere from four to twelve weeks. After Open Heart Surgery What To Expect Open Heart Surgery Heart Surgery Heart Surgery Recovery Understanding what you can and cannot do is important to recovering well. Recovery after open heart surgery . When you arrive at home you and your caregiver a family member friend or home health aide you have identified before the surgery will. You ll likely then follow up with several days in another part of the hospital. This makes psychological sense. Open heart surgery is a major operation that requires close monitoring and immediate post operative support. Following surgery you will stay in the hospital to continue your recovery until you are ready to go home. In the first year after a trauma each season holiday of the year can set off anniversary reactions of what life was like before at the ...