Phantom unwell.

[Insanity_rules]

Good to hear your in the land of the living!

[phantom]

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.

Yeah Tony I am loath to lecture people about smoking, overeating etc but , hell, if you can do something to lessen your chances of a bad outcome, feck it's worth it. Its a bit like wearing protective gear on a motor bike. IF you come off, its better to have protected yourself and live to ride another day. Incidentally I had had my heart checked out about 18 months ago and been given a clean bill of health

Ride on

[phantom]

Hi all,
Just to let you know Pete needed a quintuple bypass in the end. He went to the doctor last Monday for a check-up and was in Wellington's Wakefield hospital by 1pm Tuesday. Op went well on Wednesday. He feels like crap now but lived through the mad ordeal.
The staff there are fantastic and if anyone knows anyone who works there then tell them thanks from us.
thanks for all your replies..especially the ones where someone knows of a family member who is now better than ever.
I look forward to enjoying the rewards of that new found energy we have been told he will have. ;-)
Well I have the picture of the new bike (it's blue, that's all I know) on the wall so we can start working out how to get it.
I even bought a lotto ticket the day of the op and was hoping to win so I could get one of you mad buggers to ride it home and leave it in the shed for him.
Better luck next time eh.
Take care on those bikes...

[Qkchk:Me]

Post-haste recovery mate. Best wishes from Qkchk and Custard. Get well

[Scorpygirl]

Glad Pete has come through the heart op AOK. Thoughts and prayers for a speedy recovery.

[froggyfrenchman]

Great to hear hes come out ok. Heres toa speedy recovery and speedy rides on a new toy.

[smokeyging]

Hi all,
Just to let you know Pete needed a quintuple bypass in the end. He went to the doctor last Monday for a check-up and was in Wellington's Wakefield hospital by 1pm Tuesday. Op went well on Wednesday. He feels like crap now but lived through the mad ordeal.
The staff there are fantastic and if anyone knows anyone who works there then tell them thanks from us.
thanks for all your replies..especially the ones where someone knows of a family member who is now better than ever.
I look forward to enjoying the rewards of that new found energy we have been told he will have. ;-)
Well I have the picture of the new bike (it's blue, that's all I know) on the wall so we can start working out how to get it.
I even bought a lotto ticket the day of the op and was hoping to win so I could get one of you mad buggers to ride it home and leave it in the shed for him.
Better luck next time eh.
Take care on those bikes...

Darn good of you to let us know Sarah, when he starts chaseing those nurses, you'll know its time to get him home. and...better luck next week on that lotto

[inlinefour]

Get well soon mate and enjoy that new ride

[sels1]

Shoot, I missed the earlier thread and just got the news now - thanks Sarah for keeping us informed. Glad to hear the op went well. Recovery will take a little while but the results are worth it.(Some of my family have had them and and the difference is amazing.)
Pete, hope you have a rapid recovery and back on the road soon - look forward to seeing you again at the next rally.

[TonyB]

Crikey! That was quick. Fantastic news to hear you're on the mend Pete. You must have been in a bad way to get it done so quickly.
Now you too will know how to translate Surgeon Speak- "there will be some discomfort after the operation" = "holy crap it's gonna hurt"

[ajturbo]

a friend of mine , in nelson, got a tripple by pass, and within a month he was back down at the gym bench pressing 80kgs.....
this guy was in his early 60's.... so get well matey, get on yer bike and always move forward ( in the mind).

[Edbear]

Didn't realise you had five to bypass! That's a biggie! Glad it went well, all the best for the recovery.

[Mrs Busa Pete]

Here's to a quick recovery. Month or two you will back out on the road again just make sure they are only short bursts to start with and again do as doctors tell you we dont want anything to wrong.Chin up sarah he will be good as new in no time.Wendy & pete.

[crashe]

Phantom's partner (Sarah) - Cheers for the update.... I din't realise the op was going to be this soon. But I'm really pleased the operation went well..

Phantom - Take it easy and do as the doctors and nurses tell you to do...


Yeah Sarah, when he starts checking out the nurses... then its time to get him home quick smart.

[Lias]

Yeah Sarah, when he starts checking out the nurses...

They should definitly have sexy nurses in the coronary care ward, so they have a visual indicator of how well the old fellas hearts are pumping blood again :-)