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My hobby background is competitive shooting. My business is I am a retired owner of multiple insurance agencies writing, property, liability, bonds, malpractice, health and workers compensation insurance. I have been an insurance executive for 52 years.
Observation: As we get older as a group, I am 74, we will see or experience more and more bypass surgeries, it is a fact of nature and our collective diets. Over the years I have been told by at least three open heart surgery recipients that their Brest bone did not heal after “chest cracking”. It became necessary for me to discuss this topic with one of our area’s foremost heart surgeons. His immediate response was “that is a myth, our breastbone separations heal stronger than non separated breastbones in 9 weeks.”
Considering his response and possibilities of potential cause, I know of one reason surgeries do not heal properly, not only one, but an obvious possibility, smoking. Smoking can increase the incidence of and for bypass and impede the body’s repair process. Failure to stop smoking 6 weeks prior to surgery can result in a coughing in the hospital right after surgery which can break the wires holding the ribs together and prevent the repair of the breastbone and tissue from even starting. As a former smoker myself, I know what smokers do, invent reasons, other than smoking, for their health problems or improper surgical repairs. I watched this easily prevented tragedy with both of my parents.
Situation, if you are a competitive big bore shooter, rifle or shotgun, proper preparation for bypass surgery need not impede or interfere with your love of shooting big bores. Just prepare properly, as always, the six Ps come into play. Allow at least two months to regain your strength and your body to repair. You should be able to return to your sport. Good luck.
Observation: As we get older as a group, I am 74, we will see or experience more and more bypass surgeries, it is a fact of nature and our collective diets. Over the years I have been told by at least three open heart surgery recipients that their Brest bone did not heal after “chest cracking”. It became necessary for me to discuss this topic with one of our area’s foremost heart surgeons. His immediate response was “that is a myth, our breastbone separations heal stronger than non separated breastbones in 9 weeks.”
Considering his response and possibilities of potential cause, I know of one reason surgeries do not heal properly, not only one, but an obvious possibility, smoking. Smoking can increase the incidence of and for bypass and impede the body’s repair process. Failure to stop smoking 6 weeks prior to surgery can result in a coughing in the hospital right after surgery which can break the wires holding the ribs together and prevent the repair of the breastbone and tissue from even starting. As a former smoker myself, I know what smokers do, invent reasons, other than smoking, for their health problems or improper surgical repairs. I watched this easily prevented tragedy with both of my parents.
Situation, if you are a competitive big bore shooter, rifle or shotgun, proper preparation for bypass surgery need not impede or interfere with your love of shooting big bores. Just prepare properly, as always, the six Ps come into play. Allow at least two months to regain your strength and your body to repair. You should be able to return to your sport. Good luck.
