# Triple Bypass Surgery Experiences **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 12, 2021, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/triple-bypass-surgery-experiences/930351 "2021-01-12T18:44:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 18
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2021, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/triple-bypass-surgery-experiences/930351/18 "2021-01-13T16:23:44Z")
OP - Here is my account of what I went through, from 10 years ago (took some searching to find it): > [@Ask the guy who just had emergency bypass surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ask-the-guy-who-just-had-emergency-bypass-surgery/547296): > > To make a long story short, after several other tests came back negative, I went in for an Angiogram to try to pinpoint the cause of my fatigue and vague chest pains, and woke up in the ICU after the cardiologist discovered a 90-95% blockage in one of the major arteries, occlusion of which would have almost certainly been fatal. They performed a double bypass, and I spent 2 days in ICU, and 3 days in Telemetry. I’m home now, and will be recovering for 6 weeks or so. So, if anyone is curious, I’… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/triple-bypass-surgery-experiences/930351)._