u/Zincdust72

Hi folks,

So last Tuesday, I had a single bypass surgery (90-95% calcification). I felt like crap when I woke up on Wednesday morning, but was up and walking around that day.

Thursday and Friday, I felt great! I could breathe better, and move around freely with no exhaustion/light-headedness. In fact, the docs felt that I was over the hump enough that I could be discharged Friday afternoon.

After 11 days in the hospital and not having a shower since Tuesday morning (that weird pre-operation scrub), I could not wait to get home and clean myself off. So I took a shower Friday night. Here's where things start to get weird:

I normally take long, HOT showers, because I'm one of those weirdos who is always freezing. Anyway, after about 10 minutes of my normal super-hot water (on my back, avoiding the incision site, of course), I felt as if I was starting to black out. Became really dizzy, had a hard time keeping my limbs/head up, etc. I got out OK, and had to lie down in the hallway to cool off before I dried myself.

Ever since then, I feel as if the breathing problems are back, and I definitely have become light-headed again at least once per day.

I'm fearing that I got myself so hot in the shower that something qeird may have happened with the new bypass stuff. YES, I realize that this is probably irrational, and it's actually something along the lines of not being on the same volume of painkillers as I was when I was in the ICU post-surgery.

Any input? I just need a cardiac specialist's opinion to calm my nerves. It took a LOT of baloney to finally get in for surgery, so my thoughts that something may have gone wrong afterwards is making me anxious. Thanks in advance!

Hi folks,

So last Tuesday, I had a single bypass surgery (90-95% calcification). I felt like crap when I woke up on Wednesday morning, but was up and walking around that day.

Thursday and Friday, I felt great! I could breathe better, and move around freely with no exhaustion/light-headedness. In fact, the docs felt that I was over the hump enough that I could be discharged Friday afternoon.

After 11 days in the hospital and not having a shower since Tuesday morning (that weird pre-operation scrub), I could not wait to get home and clean myself off. So I took a shower Friday night. Here's where things start to get weird:

I normally take long, HOT showers, because I'm one of those weirdos who is always freezing. Anyway, after about 10 minutes of my normal super-hot water (on my back, avoiding the incision site, of course), I felt as if I was starting to black out. Became really dizzy, had a hard time keeping my limbs/head up, etc. I got out OK, and had to lie down in the hallway to cool off before I dried myself.

Ever since then, I feel as if the breathing problems are back, and I definitely have become light-headed again at least once per day.

I'm fearing that I got myself so hot in the shower that something qeird may have happened with the new bypass stuff. YES, I realize that this is probably irrational, and it's actually something along the lines of not being on the same volume of painkillers as I was when I was in the ICU post-surgery.

Any input? I just need a cardiac specialist's opinion to calm my nerves. It took a LOT of baloney to finally get in for surgery, so my thoughts that something may have gone wrong afterwards is making me anxious. Thanks in advance!