Caravanning after heart surgery

I had extensive heart surgery 4 years ago, you don't say how old your partner is (and I am not asking) but for context I am in my late 40s and it may be that (relative) young age played a part in what for me was a relatively good road to full recovery.  The first 3 months were hell.  Make no mistake about that, but from about 6 weeks after the operation I was offered twice weekly physio-therapy to start building the stamina back up and promote a return to general good health.  If that's available to your partner, my advice would be to snap it up.  There were people doing it ranging from early 40s to late 80s and they all, myself included, felt it helped massively with the recovery.

I would say that in my case it was probably about 6 months before I was comfortable doing the more challenging day-to-day physical things (may sound silly but until then even cutting the grass took it's toll).  But from about 6 months to a year I continued to make a point of exercising at least once a week and things continued to improve to the point where a year down the line you would never know, apart from the impressive scar down my chest, that I had ever had problems.

Of course everyone is different but in the end it turned out alright for me :)

May be an old post, but as Ina said, info may be useful to others.

I had a triple bypass in early June 2015, age 73, after suffering angina for about a year.  I was not that ill, hardly any pain, just a bit tired when doing things.

My mother had angina for many years, but lived to age 98, my father died age 67, due to a stroke, so there was family history.

I felt so much better afterwards, and my recovery was quite quick.  6 days in hospital ( fantastic hospital) then gentle exercise, building up each day, then some exercise classes organised by NHS.   I was signed off in mid August, and we went away in the van in September for 4 weeks.

We left the porch awning at home as it would mean stretching up, but otherwise things were normal.

2016 we were off abroad again, 2017 also.  OH does not tow, so all driving was down to me.

Still doing well 5+ years on.