but rotator cuff repair was much worst for me. Doc Neil. With Diuretic & Exercise, the Pleural Effusion seems to be shrinking on its own, (I will have another Chest X-Ray in Jan. for the Follow-ups w/Cardiologist & Surgeon) Around 4 weeks, Edema set in the feet/ankles (PA said normal), at 5-6 weeks , I moved from the recliner to sleeping in the bed with my legs on pillows, feet above my heart, (really worked, the best remedy!) Upper body arm shoulder pain. since you had a good relationship i think it would be good for you to see him but also realize that that it may be tough for him emotionally. Somewhere between 0.5% and 2% of patients will have permanent nerve damage after surgery. 2011 Jul 20;93(14):1288-93. doi:10.2106/JBJS.J.00369, (7) Khambati FA, Shetty VP, Ghate SD, Capadia GD. If they don't, talk to your doctor about it. The difficulty sleeping throughout the night and the subsequent fatigue I constantly wrestle with. His doctor offers no help or hope. Six weeks later I went in after lunch and pain was happening so doctor did another EKG and this time he seen a problem and sent me to the er and here we are today. So, there are three good days a week. Permanent nerve damage can be a potential side effect of surgery. Can you share me if it is normally? Relieved to hear good day/ bad day periods so far after operation. But I will say. I cant have it investigated until a year after my heart surgery. Hi Gang! Anybody have advice on a shirt to wear? Anyone else having issues this long? I was irritated by Hospital Staff and discharged myself. I guess I can say that my recovery is coming along quickly, but I dont take it for granted. Hi Andy, Last May 2018 I went in for mitral valve repair. Complete recovery can take about one full year.". It is amazing. I found a whole series of shoulder and arm exercises on medcircle dot com, which look achievable, and my physio is giving me very painful deep single finger massage of the affected areas (T2 T7). Muscles are sore but that could be some of the cardio therapy. BP is controlled through drugs and am taking a blood thinner. I cant seem to warm up then Im so hot I need to fan myself. In most cases, these sensations will go away after a few days. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0190589, Neal JM, Bernards CM, Hadzic A, et al. Im just tired of the whole thing, Hi hope this finds everyone doing really well I just had surgery on April 4 of this year . it is so good to hear about others struggles when I am tired and my legs just wont go another step. it's nin By entering this site you declare I will say. Feeling tired most of he time, sleeping is problematic but refuse to give in to that. Avoid processed foods. Home health nurse thinks it's gas, surgeon thinks it's mu, Hi.I am knew to this site.I will find out on Tues. when my open heart surgery will be.I have to have my aortic valve replaced.It only has 2 leaflets.I am still picking up my jaw from the cardiologist office.I am scared to death.I cry all the time and I'm loaded up on anti-depressants.Please I am seeking advise on how to stay in control and positive.I have always been very independent but,I assume, Hi, I am new to this site and this is my third post. Job loss, purpose, etc. 2012;59(1):2227. Had surgery 12 october 5 weeks ago for aortic valve replacement using minimally invasive procedure using edwards intuity bovone valve. Changes in the weather appear to make it worse. most of all thank God for giving you a second chance in life. Of course sex has been off the table ever since. Tingling or numbness in your elbow or fingers. Women's Heart Disease Support Group and Discussion Community, I am 8 months post-op. He told me I have heart murmur. Home health nurse draws my INR 2x/wk and calls into Coumadin clinic. Typically the sternum is slit open in an open heart surgery which takes around 6 weeks to heal. The biomedical engineering handbook (third ed.). When my drain was removed it was very painful..not at all a relief and I have had a terrible pain i, I had open heart surgery a month ago and I wanted to know if its normal to still be in pain and my right boob hurts really bad and wondering if that's normal, Hi, I'm 47 and I've had 2 heart attacks. I have started hitting a few golf balls and hope to play in a few weeks. Breathingchest hurts. Thanks. I am tired and dont have the energy that I use to have. Anyone out there have this problem? Before aortic valve replacement and repair to my tricuspid valve I was running 10K races at a fairly fast pace. It was scary and I got pretty depressed over what I had stupidly done to myself so early in my recovery. My pcp helped me more than Cardiology doc and was less expensive. I was in excellent physical health before the surgery which allowed for a rapid recovery. You may know how this feels. I'm a mother and housewife. God Bless. So they are not pushing him too much. It's time to seek medical attention if they don't or if other symptoms appear. I hope you seek a new doctor. Now i am not facing breathing problem. 5 months later and Im suffering from a bit of depression and pain in my right upper arm and shoulder. Hi folks! When I think that the pig valves are only good for ten years on an average, I get depressed. Good-luck everyone! A combination of pain, numbness & pressure can be expected for a while to the chest area. Yes we may never be the same again we all of us appreciate life a lot more. Did you experience any form of nerve damage after heart surgery. I am so grateful for your blog post Life at Five Months after Open Heart Surgery and the subsequent responses. It is common for tiredness to last for months after treatment is over. Hi Teresa, If you think your genetics is also causing high cholesterol, we are here to help! Milk ducts can become clogged, causing a firm, tender lump. Asymptomatic prior. Here is Seans story: Im recovering from aortic valve and aortic root replacement surgery. I went back to work 2 weeks ago. Hi Vanna, Yes it is normal of getting tired and dizziness. But i need to take blood thinners like Walfarin or Acitrom. Reading your article makes me feel better. An the only thing that helps is to push on it and I told him I can't go around holding my boob, he laughed. Hello John, I am at 17 days post surgery, and certainly better than the 4-5 day mark when I was, similar to you,very nauseous, no sleep, and total discomfort between waistline and shoulders. Now it reaches above 30. I notice that your valve take around 30 years. I have forgot how it could effect others. I would like to hear and communicate with others who are going/have gone through the same or similar thing. I practiced yoga and meditation for over 25 years. On January 29 I underwent OHS and had a quadruple bypass. Surgery raises the stakes since it also involves anesthesia and an incision. My faulty valve and aneurysm waited patiently until I was 60-years old to need replacement! Find other members in this community to connect with. I also have familial high triglycerides and have had 2 stents since 2014. I am a little over a year past my surgery. Leg Swelling. Orthop J Sports Med. thanks for the blogs very grateful keep sharing this kind of blogs. Please let us know if the FH Foundation can help. I didnt find anyone on this blog who have had this condition. Im getting very afraid reading most of these post. My scars are good except for the area i got staph nfection but no one can see it. The aim of volume replacement surgery is to allow larger tumours to be removed and the tissue to be replaced to restore the shape and size of the breast with a good cosmetic outcome. First time was a quick recovery, but I was also 49. I guess a little discomfort is better than the alternative if I hadnt had OHS, right! When this sheath gets damaged there can also be a problem with nerve function. We deserve better. Anesth Analg. Although I do have the scar and chest pains a lot of you have I feel after reading your stories this is pretty normal. Your stories (for the most part) have encouraged me. Well that didn't happen exactly. I had a hard time sleeping on my back. I feel pretty good and am active. Went to get procedure done and he said I didnt see any blockage! I dont even have to go into office unless I chose to. Just to add: they gave me cocodamo tablets as pain killers to have at home. I am a 58 y/o male and 6 and a half weeks ago had Aortic Valve and Ascending Aorta replacement ( Hemiarch Reconstruction ). Please feel free to email us at [email protected]. Post-surgical bloating and swelling is mostly eased with time. Ask your Doctor about it, also Continue to walk, if your doc permits. It works about as well as a nerve conduction study and is less invasive (8). This is especially important when coughing or laughing. Well, I matched 8/10 signs. Wish Bob and yourself all the best . I found myself here today to look up how weather can effect this because its freezing in Colorado and the atmospheric pressure seems to alternate between a feeling of a bowling ball stuffed in my chest and the feeling of a bowling ball sized hole in my chest. My doctor said try it and see what happens? So its kinda normal to feel a certain way. Im Marc. This made it very difficult to work with kids as a nurse practitioner, as they often grabbed that hypersensitive hand. Methods: A total of 37 consecutive patients with coronary artery bypass graft surgery (all with left internal thoracic artery graft) who were attending a cardiac-related exercise program underwent a thorough examination. Was super fit, non drinker, non smoker, conscious of my food intake and now.. BOOM! I am a 58-year-old male and in two days it will be a year since I had OHS to spare my aortic root. This resulted in further investigation which concluded I had a bicuspid aortic valve. Computed tomography is an imaging test that uses X-rays and a computer to make detailed images of the body. My cardiologist says that the problem is fluid buildup and will increase my lasixs but it doesnt resolve the problem much. But everyone cant do it bcoz the process of finding the suitable remedy is quite rigorous. Verywell Health uses only high-quality sources, including peer-reviewed studies, to support the facts within our articles. I suppose we think, throughout our lives, that we are immortal and it seems that I have realised I am not! i had water in my lungs that needed me to be in hospital for another week. Go in next month for an evaluation. -Sharp pains in the balls of my feet when I attempt to walk on treadmill the past week. I look forward to be normal and be productive. I am 46 years old and I am a sport person playing Football, Badminton, Table Tennis, Cricket etc I used to workout in Gym and weight Train in body building too(Until then no Sugar, BP, Cholesterol etc.Nothing as I used to regularly check), . Thanks! when i got home i suffered with breathing problems depression and found that i could only sleep for about 2 or 3 hours and night. Cytokine. Am hoping another cpl good nights rest will alleviate that.. Did a little walking today bit didnt come close to the past week of 1-1/2 lie a day My mind is telling g me, this is just a minor setbackand things will once again improve. Mitral valve surgery in April. Recovery took longer than I anticipated, but was slow. All went well. I felt like I was underwater screaming! The only thing I did learn, beside the ones I mentioned, was that my, chest was pulled open too far because of the type of instrument used in the surgery. I need advice, my 49 year old son had a triple bi pass open heart surgery and I have no idea how are how much to help him. My Cardio said it was nerve endings healing. Angiogram showed 65-95% blockage. Support and understanding/encouragement is so important!! What other choice do we have. I had my surgery done locally, but if I'm still tiring easily, and the pain and use of my right arm doesn't go away by my 1 year anniversary I will go. Had a heart attack on 1/18/19 with bypass surgery three days later. Surgeon Q&A: Radiation Associated Heart Valve Disease. Beverly, it's a matter of degree no-one should be suffering excruciating pain after surgery. After a little over 2 months. That was my mistake. I've had all the tests, Heart Caths, scans, Echos, X-rays, Ekgs, Ecgs.. And now I'm going to have surgical vascular restoration with coronary bypass. Unfortunately, I am struggling with the new normal . I am 8 weeks after aortic valve and root replacement. Please give me some advice Thanks. After a load of scans, my doctor spotted I had an enlarged heart. Cleveland Clinic cardiologists suggest this: "You'll do most of your healing - about 80 per cent - in the first 6-8 weeks after surgery". Greatly increasing pain with sneezing or coughing. If so, would you please leave a comment for Sean detailing your situation and how/if you fixed it? Listen to your body. Talk to your Dr. And see if you REALLY need all the drugs. Cough meds never helped but used pure honey and lemon/honey cough drops just to help me rest between coughs. I send good wishes for healing to all of you- in both body and spirit!:-). Often a warm shower is a good treatment. Just such strange things, most I dont remember but occasionally something will pop up in my head about a strange experience. Heres a prior blog about that topic: However, your condition sounds very specific. I went to him and got an echo and he said that I needed a new valve! Can't say whether the voltaren (aka voltarol in Europe) will help but it certainly makes the massage less abrasive to the skin! and constant soreness in my right breast. When does it get much better? She told me maybe I should see an. What has helped me is making sure to walk everyday and be at least somewhat active throughout the day. Hello everyone, I am one of the youngest people on this blog but Im really glad to find an outlet to talk with others in similar situations. He finally called me through facebook video chat on the 3rd day, he texted me hi, on the first day. After a week, at home I called my surgeon and was told they had no, idea what it could be. surgery 58 years experience. it was the worst thing. Surgery on 8th April, 2019. 90 days now, I walk 5 days a week 30 mins each time, eat normally but frugally and have dropped table sugars, potatoes, rice, processed food, alcohol ( not touched booze since Feb 12) generally trying to take this fresh gift of life with care and caution. In fact, the survival rate for bypass patients who make it through the first month after the . I was shocked when I had to have by pass. Please keep your heads upIm sure it will get better. Four months I thought Id be better. God bless you all, as Im very sure Hes blessing me, each breath and each step I take and each night I make it through! One thing I have noticed is excessive yawning, even if I dont feel tired. Two days later I had complete renal failure and died, they debated whether to revive me, and I guess they tossed a coin but gave away all my compression stockings and some personal stuff when everyone thought I would not be back, they decided to jump start me. I have been force feeding myself, because I have absolutely no appetite, Someone tell me when will I begin to feel better. Routine Office visit with no prexisting signs. I found this blog and am 3 weeks post op with a new On-X valve and gel weave ascending aortic graft. Im 52yo.never smoked. He cant carry on a conversation. I, too, suffer similar symptoms now post op open heart surgery 2 months. Do take care.Many thanks. My Dad is 95 & I dont want him to have to bury me. There will be good days and bad days. I don't even know what everything on my las TEE means, and I have a nursing background. The Obstetrician & Gynaecologist. Playing 18 but, not walking yet. Just taking it day by day. All that said, I am not back to normal. Recovery time after open heart surgery is about 6-8 weeks. I had my aortic valve replaced and one bypass. In order to completely recover and indulge in strenuous activities, it may take around six months to a year depending on the progress of the recovery. After sitting too long with your legs crossed, one leg may fall asleep." I feel sourness in my chest and that has been scaring me. Although i am much fitter now at times i get tired easy. . at the same time i felt bad for putting them in that position and impacting their lives, maybe your son feels the same way. She could barely go up or down a flight of stairs. it's nine weeks, is this normal ? Read our, Skin Numbness After Knee Replacement Surgery. 5 weeks after my quadruple Im improving slowly. My sleep pattern has not been good. doi:10.1097/SLA.0b013e3182701a7b. itchiness. I myself remember basically nothing about the experience and during the first 2 weeks in the hospital I apparently became confused did not know where. after reading the many stories. They would come out of the blue. I hope you are progressing well and are feeling stronger each day. Hihow is now the author of the blog?is she now in great condition?how are you now? Since my surgery, I have had two pretty good freak outs and went to the OR. This blog raises many concerns about short and long-term quality of life, LIFE being the operative term. Pace maker implant 20 years ago after running the New York marathon with a fever and ended up with pericarditis. My husband is still driving me and I hope to not need the wheelchair for distance soon. I am currently doing Cardiac rehab 3 days a week along with walking most every day. Sleeping is a mess, I sleep propped up a bit but basically wake up after abut 2.5 hours and am wide awake. Ive had my surgery 5 mos ago but still get it daily. Vince, Im sorry you have been going through this since you are 7. My recovery has been ok physically the usual chest soreness and subsequent twinges and twitches around the site of the operation Im at the gym now 3 days a week for an hour of intensive aerobic work heart rate I control to peak at 130 bpm. Then they saw through the sternum (breast bone or chest plate). Join 375,000+ Patientsat Our Facebook Page Click here, HeartValveSurgery.com 2785 Pacific Coast Hwy, #517 Torrance, CA 90505 Phone: (888) 725-4311, 2023 HeartValveSurgery.com. Wow! Hold a pillow to your chest. This all is so depressing to me. I have tried various remedies with no improvement. I am an Eagle and Ranger scout in the B.S.A and used to enjoy rock climbing, hiking, kiteboarding, snowboarding and such. Doing it this way ensures that they don't cut through any chest muscle, so this normally ensures that normally the only pain is from the incision. You will feel tired and sore for the first few weeks after surgery. The new pathway improves blood flow to the heart muscle. i feel blessed to be alive although i have all these issues because the worst could have happened . I had diminished mental acuity for about 3 weeks after Surgery, at first I was very concerned, until the fog started clearing and I figured that it was due to the Anesthesia. Thats what I was told by a prior cardiologist & the emergency room in a hospital 2 days before my emergency surgery! What are some of the things that made you more comfortable? Sitting up was an effort, for days and weeks. My scar is looking better but it is still a little red and some days it itches quite a bit. After spending 3 weeks in the hospital I dont think I ever got my muscle strength back. I think you are an Angel on your partners path and I hope your love and commitment to his recovery has been received with much gratitude from him as this dedicated care you have given will have proven to be the most vital aspect. Best postsurgery bras for after mastectomy: Oysho Post-Surgery Bra, Anaono Gloria Soft Lace Bralette, Monica Post-Surgery Full Coverage Bra. It is great to know I am not alone with worries and concerns about what stage should I be at with my recovery. Yesterday was the best day i had (had a few breaks from constant pain or discomfort). I felt because I had a tender chest after my OHS that I had a problem. If you have specific inquiries, please feel free to contact us at [email protected]. My cardiac team (all new doctors) was amazing and 5 months out, I can say the medications I was on were making me sicker than the heart attack so I could never have a good day. My only real issues are some regular chest discomfort and having about 75 percent strength. As your heart recovers and your body heals, things will begin to taste better, you will have more energy, and you will be able to resume a more normal life. I am now on Eliquis. 26 days total in hospital for heart and kidney issues so its taken me a bit longer to recoup and get some strength back. Two other specialists recommended no surgery as the dizzy spells were probably related to the medications. Coronary artery bypass surgery creates a new path for blood to flow around a blocked or partially blocked artery in the heart. I would love to know if you are still having this problem..and if so, what is it like now?. . Evaluation of retraction time as a predictor of postoperative motor dysfunction after minimally invasive transpsoas interbody fusion at L4-L5. Invest Radiol. Cant stand any material touching it. That makes driving a car and working difficult although I do both. There are other battles I contend with, but mostly I feel blessed by God Almighty to have this second chance. Stress may cause your adrenal gland to produce more cortisol. I have good support but that doesnt change the emotional roller coaster. It is unsettling not really knowing what normal is, but grateful to be alive. Had 2nd surgery on Jan 14th to fight infection caused by violent coughing which broke two sternum staples. my surgery is this Thursday, and my doctor told me I would have a noticeable scar for 2+ years or so. Thank you all for sharing your experiences. A second opinion is a great way to see your options ! The most common symptoms of nerve damage after surgery are usually numbness, tingling, burning, muscle weakness or atrophy. so live and love and know God loves you. Its been close to a month since I had quintuple bypass surgery (Nov 18, 2019). If anyone is still experiencing breathing issues one year post and has any advice on that and anything that might reduce inflammation in the chest, your advice is greatly appreciated. I feel a hieghtened sensitivity in a good sense but it brings me overwhelming emotion. Thank you for sharing your story.
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