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how long after a 6 way bypass open heart surgery on a diabetic patient before you have to do it all again?

how long after a 6 way bypass open heart surgery before you have to have to surgery again if you are an insulin dependent diabetic? I have heard 7 to 10 years for people who are not diabetic but that diabeties may cause the bypass graphs to need surgery even sooner. Anyone know?

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1. There's really not a set time because as you mention there are several factors that will affect it all. We generally tell people that at best they can expect 10-15 years from bypass (about the same for cardiac cath procedures) assuming someone takes good care of themselves. The diabetes is the rub. What kind of control are you getting? Is it tight like the doctors are wanting it now...less than 140 or even 120? All the typical things play in there too, smoking, diet, excercise...same routine we seem to know about but don't always do (how many people own running shoes vs. how many people run?!?). After 6 bypasses there isn't much left to work on should things go bad. The grafts can be opened in the cath lab in some cases but there aren't any good places to go to bypass again. The best thing will be an aggressive, concerted plan to avoid it all together. Eat the right diet, add a good fiber supplement, get moving, stop smoking, keep that blood sugar really closely under control. I'm a believer in nutritonal suppliments too. I've seen too much research to not agree that it helps. I hope my words have helped. Take care, Jeff the nurse in Nashville.
2. If you will take care of yourself maybe never, maybe tomorrow its very hard to say with us diabetics. Our body continues to fight to die and we have to fight it right back to live. depending on how good a fighter you are you can out live the bypass. Good Luck
3. the question is not clear, but in all cases any diabetic patient can not undergo any surgery unless the blood glucose level can be reduced because any high glucose level affect negatively the clotting system and can lead to gangaren. this is the reason why diabetics can not undergo surgery.