Mended Hearts Open Forum

Thanks for the replies. The issue cleared over the two rest days of Saturday and Sunday and hasn't returned this week while continuing rehab. ------------------------------ Arlyn Stewart White Oak TX ------------------------------

I suspect that most of us who have had a sternotomy sense concern about sternum integrity while we recover. My surgery PA had me in for four visits, during the last three, she listened to chest during a cough to detect any clicking and thus looseness ...

Thank you both veery much for the replies. Yesterday was a bad day LOL I was able to talk it through with a friend/mentor and be heard and dump a lot of emotion that I guess had built up! I also reached out to my PCP. Appreciate your replies! Mike ...

Hey Mike. The emotional feelings you are having can happen. Please speak to your cardiologist or primary care physician about them. I went through the same thing. It was months before I got help because I just did not know. You went through a life ...

Mike, You're a very lucky guy being so active less than six weeks after OHS. You may have forgotten that your cardiologist told you full recovery takes 9 months to a year. Be patient with your body and give thanks that your recovery is going so well ...