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Interview HA21  

Interview HA21

Age at Interview: 69
Sex: Male
Age at Diagnosis: 67
Background: Retired Project Director; Married, 2 children
Brief outline:Heart attack June 2002, six days in hospital. Unstable angina on returning home. Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery, July 2002. Current medication: aspirin, atenolol, simvastatin


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Explains how he overcame problems with driving seven weeks after his bypass surgery.

 



One of the frustrations I had was driving and let me just talk about that a little bit because they recommend you shouldn't drive for four weeks. In fact most people wait for six weeks as I did and if, six weeks even I found problems. I found problems at road junctions looking to the left, looking to the right, the pain on the chest. 

So there is a problem there and the other thing is safety belts because the safety belts going right across your chest when you've had an operation and it's still, it's sore. So I got round this by using a soft cushion, which reduced the pain a bit and by using clothes pegs on the safety belt because you've got to wear a safety belt. 

So that does help but yes, there was a problem and I'll never forget, seven weeks after the operation driving 120 miles and I was glad to get to the end of the journey. So there is a problem there but again, be patient, be confident, it's going to get better and it will get better. 
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