Phantom unwell.

**u4ea** · 6th April 2006, 09:34

glad to hear your in better spirits.dont over do it and let sara fuss over you!!!!!!keep the wind at your back.........

**crashe** · 6th April 2006, 10:28

welcome back Phantom....

Rest up and enjoy being pampered by Sarah...

Do as the dr's tell you to do... as they do know best.

All the best with the triple by-pass operation...

**erik** · 6th April 2006, 10:29

Good to hear you're on the road to recovery.

**_Gina_** · 6th April 2006, 10:45

All the best for a speedy recovery Phantom...
Bring on the new bike I say

**Matt Bleck** · 6th April 2006, 11:51

Take it easy mate.

**Bonez** · 6th April 2006, 16:00

Originally Posted by phantom

Thanks everyone for the kind thoughts, it really cheered both Sarah and myself up over the last week in hospital.

Got a helicopter flight from Palmie to wellington out of it, which was almost as much fun as riding my bike, plus a one sided brazillian and some amazing pictures of my heart. Turns out I need a triple bypass so I've been sent home for a couple of months until my number comes up ( I'm classified as urgent ) but I'm allowed to ride again in another week so I'm sure I'll cope. As for all you cocky bastards out there ( I was one of them ) who say I'm not old, I'm not overweight, I am fit, I don't smoke, I don't have diabetes, it won't happen to me, think again. I had none of the classical risk factors either. To all you kbers out there who are ambulance officers, nurses, doctors, hospital support staff etc thanks from the bottom of my slightly buggered heart. looking forward to meeting more of you in person, just have to organise the bypass around some of the rallys coming up

Cheers

Phantom

Hey Pete if it makes you feel better Dads had a couple of heart ops over the last 15 years or so, managed to make it to retirement age, and still gets out on his R80 on a regular basis

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**ajturbo** · 6th April 2006, 16:11

good to see ya still around....
and with the promise of a new hart thingy!!...
and a new bike!!!

**Sniper** · 6th April 2006, 16:35

Good to hear you are still hear mate. All the best from us.

**Rosie** · 6th April 2006, 18:49

All the best for the op mate.
My dad had a quadruple bypass at Wellington hospital a couple of years ago. He was also very fit, non smoking etc. He hadn't even been particularly crook, just felt a bit odd, and the angiogram showed he was likely to have a massive heart attack in the next couple of weeks. But now he's good as new and just as fast on his mountain bike as he was before the bypass (and still fitter than me

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The staff in coronary care and ICU in Wellington were really good. They restored my faith in the public health system.
Look after yourself for the next few weeks.

**Scorpygirl** · 6th April 2006, 18:55

Good luck with the bypass mate. I hope you don't have to wait too long! Take care and please let us know how it all goes. Thoughts and prayers to you and the family.

**TonyB** · 6th April 2006, 19:21

Glad to hear your up and about Pete. You won't know yourself once you have that op.

Interesting to note what you said about people being complacent. What drives me nuts are the ones who DO have one or more of the classic risk factors, but they ignore it and live for the moment, continuing to smoke/ over-eat or whatever. I've seen what happens to these people at the end. I've seen the suffering, the pain, the fear and most importantly, the regret that they never listened.