Okay, but that's not what I asked. I wasn't seeking advice, although I enjoy reading all comments. Or maybe you're saying he might know some real world numbers.

I simply wanted people to tell if they know anyone who has had a stent or bypass and how have they done. Like you know Hank's wife. She had a stent put it, a few months later, had to do it again, months later, she had to have bypass surgery. I know another lady who had a stent and months later, it plugged up and she had to have bypass. My dad had bypass, six years later, bypass again, and a few years after that, a stroke. I know two men who have had stents and no problems but they have only had them in a couple of years.

There are some alternative medicine docs who say stents and bypass surgery flat out are not worth it except in a small percentage of cases where they must be done. And one of the biggest money machines ever built. Much of mainstream medicine promotes stents / bypass as routine and the only options.

I'm hoping to get a decent amount of responses from this forum and another forum so I can get more real world examples.

Know anyone else other than Mrs. Hank?

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Bill
Yamaha PSR2000

[This message has been edited by SemiLiveMusic (edited 10-19-2006).]