Former Australia batsman and coach Darren Lehmann was fearful he would not wake up from a triple heart bypass earlier this year but the episode has given him a 'a second lease on life'.
Former Australia batsman and coach Darren Lehmann was fearful he would not wake up from a triple heart bypass earlier this year but the episode has given him a "a second lease on life".Lehmann, who won two World Cups as a player and oversaw Australia's 2015 triumph as well as their 5-0 Ashes whitewash the year before, was admitted to a Brisbane hospital with chest pains on February 4 - the day before his 50th birthday.
An angiogram highlighted three blockages in blood vessels in the heart and the next eight days proved life-changing for Lehmann. He told cricket.com.au: "You're fearful because you just don't know what's going to happen in the end. You get to the stage where you go 'Am I going to wake up?'"Not knowing what was wrong ... it's always the not knowing ; once you know, it's OK - you start to get some answers, start to get some confidence from the surgeons and the nurses."
After a successful operation, Lehmann, whose disregard for physical fitness and dietary regimes was well known in his playing days, has made some alterations to his lifestyle, including quitting smoking and cutting down on drinking. He said: "I've had a lot of learnings from it. You move forward. I'm feeling better now, but still quite sore in the chest at times. You hope everything's healing, and you have good days and really bad days, and you pick and choose how you deal with them.
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