# Cardiac stent or bypass?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 22, 2021, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cardiac-stent-or-bypass/931218 "2021-01-22T16:08:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cardiac-stent-or-bypass/931218/3 "2021-01-22T17:00:53Z")

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I had an angiogram and they found that my arteries were too closed to admit a stent, so I’m having triple bypass surgery, now scheduled for Monday. I asked for experiences and also got some results about stents in this thread.

> [@Triple Bypass Surgery Experiences](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/triple-bypass-surgery-experiences/930351):
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> I’m scheduled to undergo triple bypass surgery next week. I’ve been reading up on procedures and suchlike, but I’d like to get some feedback on what peoples’ experiences were afterward. What is recovery like? Were you sent to a rehab facility before going home? How did you feel when you got home? How much pain were you in and what did you do to alleviate it? What could and couldn’t you do? Are there things I should buy now to make life easier for the first few weeks? Did you make a full recove…

I expected to get a stent and was totally gobsmacked. Listen to what the doctors say when they get inside. Good luck.

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