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Rehabilitation and continuing treatment
collar bone problems
- By rtmret · New reply November 11, 2009
- 5 replies
- I experienced a rib separation problem, which lasted for about 8 weeks and is just now getting somewhat better, but I now can feel my right collar bone not being smooth (like my left side) and being painful ...
Swollen rib area and tenderness
- By yazz · New reply November 8, 2009
- 1 reply
- Hi out there to you all. I hope you are having a good day. The left side of my ribs? the last 3 are very tender.....It is awollen from there and down to the top of my belly....It hurst like mad.....If ...
Chest Soreness
- By kingrex · New reply November 7, 2009
- 12 replies
- I'm now 10 weeks out from my quadruple bypass and my lingering problem is soreness in the chest, more so on the left...along the sternum and in the chest muscles. What are your experiences with this ...
Bad gut bacteria infection, really stubborn bug
- By nisoa · New reply October 31, 2009
- 3 replies
- Hi all: Hope this note find you on the way to recovery. Today, my friend is 2 mos. post bypass. He had multiple complications, finally at home after almost 2 mos in icu, inpt and rehab. He is losing the ...
High Blood Pressure just before Rehab
- By Mindymork · New reply October 31, 2009
- 2 replies
- My husband had bypass Sept 23, and had gone to rehab 4 times. The last 2 times he went they took his blood pressure before he started his tredmill and it was 180/86. Then after he has been on the tredmill ...
Keoild formation on chest scar after bypass
- By Thirgulag · New reply October 25, 2009
- 15 replies
- I have just been told that my chest scar is forming keloids and have been referred to a plastic surgeon for consulting. Has anybody had experience with this after your surgery and has anything besides ...
What fitness machine would be ok to use in the early days
- By yazz · New reply October 21, 2009
- 2 replies
- Does anyone know what type of fitness machine would be best to start getting me back to a fitness routine....I now suffer from Panic attaks and go out......That much....Would a treadmill be ok to have ...
Best Exercise After Bypass Surgery
- By June1309 · New reply October 10, 2009
- 6 replies
- Hi Everyone, This is my first post after my surgery. I had a quad bypass on June 17, 09. I am doing better every day. I was told that walking is the best exercise to build stamina and keep arteries open ...
upper leg discomfort
- By rtmret · New reply October 9, 2009
- 2 replies
- Has anyone experienced pain/discomfort following surgery in your upper thighs. On the outside muscles, particularly in the left leg in my case. This is my fourth week out from surgery. While in ICU I ...
I really could use some advice...
- By Mindymork · New reply October 5, 2009
- 5 replies
- Hello everyone, I am so thankful I found this board. I had to go through allot of searches to get to this one. My husband is 62 years young and had a triple by-pass on 9/22, and came home on 9/29. they ...
triple whammy with CABGx5
- By MrsBrown · New reply September 22, 2009
- 3 replies
- Need some feedback.... Not only is my husband dealing with the fall-out of cardiac surgery, due to a recently FOUND hippa release in his chart, I found out that for the past 15 years, his thyroid has ...
Popping of ribs/sternum
- By ajmcfm · New reply September 18, 2009
- 7 replies
- At 4 week mark post surgery CABGx4. Feel fine in most regards, however discomfort in and around sternum and also left side of chest. One of the bypasses utilized the mammary vein on the left side so I ...
Leg Pain and Swelling
- By kingrex · New reply September 10, 2009
- 7 replies
- I'm 4 weeks out from quadruple bypass surgery, and my leg is still very sore where the saphenous vein was harvested. The soreness and swelling extends from the incision behind and inside the knee, along ...
Open vs. Endoscopic Saphenous Vein Harvesting
- By kingrex · New reply September 9, 2009
- 5 replies
- Endoscopic resection of the saphenous vein in the leg is the newer method, and there's much less chance of post-operative infection vs. the open method. On the downside, the endoscopic method seems prone ...
Feeling breathless
- By joules · New reply September 5, 2009
- 3 replies
- I have been feeling breathless on and off since bypass and have just found out that i am vit b 12 defficent i have to have 6 injection in 2 weeks, has any one else had this Julie ...
Numbness heaviness feeling across chest
- By joules · New reply September 4, 2009
- 8 replies
- I had a double bypass march o9 and i sometimes get a numbness heavy feeling across my chest,its a strange feeling because my chest is still quite numb from the surgery but it seems to get number if that ...
Tablets
- By yazz · New reply September 2, 2009
- 3 replies
- Hi to my fellow cyber friends and hope you are all having a good day. Does anyone feel Sick all the time, just bloat up every day with water retention, feel dizzy, light headed, ichey, dry skin ...
Problems with insurance paying for cardiac rehab
- By feelinsquirrely · New reply August 27, 2009
- 1 reply
- Has anyone else had problems with their insurance paying for rehab? My insurance want me to pay a $300 copay for each visit as they are insisting its an outpatient hospital visit. Help ...
Post Bypass Stress test
- By bazza · New reply August 9, 2009
- 2 replies
- Hi! I had a widow makers lesion. I had double by pass surgery 07/07/09. I had stress test Friday 07/08/09, results were not satisfactory, apparantly the post op results are worse than the pre op results ...
how long for the grafts/by passes to heal?
- By collinb · New reply July 22, 2009
- 17 replies
- hi, I am almost 3 months from surgery and know about bones and muscle healing but know nothing about the healing of the grafts/by passes. I am 59, a very active person - I water ski, snow ski, skydive ...
