Gnome, John. Glad it worked out for you. I had mine in 2013, and it abruptly ended me doing side work, which I had done for a lot of years. Just this year I had a false alarm on a PET scan stress test. They are so accurate it showed the blocked part of one of my bypassed vessels. The bypass was as open as the day it was placed, so as far as getting blood flow to the muscle for a 70 year old ex smoker my cardio, at least as far as blockage, is all wide open.
What I am saying is just the surgery part has progressed to giving us a second life, but if diet, smoking, any of that "bad" stuff is still present, that rerun, can be short lived. Do what they tell ya, change the diet, be a better person, and you can stretch what used to be a 10 year surgery into a much longer deal.
Kinda hurts to cough doesn't it? :-) that getting your ribs spread is a bitch.
I never had any animosity with you, so I just wish you well. I'm mostly gone myself, just check projects, and the blogs, and product reviews, the threads are just too time consuming, and half of them are junk. I am having the time of my life, having cancer does that to ya, you look at time left a lot different. I am getting more done in the shop with all the extra time I have. Life is good, enjoy yours.