Did you experience any form of nerve damage after heart surgery. Hi Marry, I am Vanna 29 years old. 63 years old with no symptoms whatsoever. That said you can certainly expect discomfort but not pain. I have good days and bad days but I feel like Im never going to get back to normal. Every day, thousands of people in the United States undergo open-heart surgery. Please share the advice to me if it is normally to feel that tired after surgery for 2 months already? I am so grateful for your blog post Life at Five Months after Open Heart Surgery and the subsequent responses. Thats what I was told by a prior cardiologist & the emergency room in a hospital 2 days before my emergency surgery! I am still clearing my chest from a pleural effusion. That will help increase your stamina. walking) when you have the clearance to do so. Here is the problem that sounds a bit like your issue. Echo convinced me that the valves needed surgery. I hope you are progressing well and are feeling stronger each day. I am 7 months post op from an aortic heart valve replacement & aortic root repair to address an aneurysm & I feel my body is not my own. Had a triple. I tire easily. Jennifer Whitlock, RN, MSN, FNP-C, is a board-certified family nurse practitioner. Often a warm shower is a good treatment. Was super fit, non drinker, non smoker, conscious of my food intake and now.. BOOM! And no appetite..if you didnt eat or sleep (all the tests and vitals they have to keep doing ) that would surely make you grumpy too..god bless you. Hi Teresa, If you think your genetics is also causing high cholesterol, we are here to help! I told her i will try to do it but i am still very tender and i cant even push on my chest without server pain. doi:10.1097/WNR.0000000000000382, (13) Khan J, Noboru N, Imamura Y, Eliav E. Effect of Pregabalin and Diclofenac on tactile allodynia, mechanical hyperalgesia and pro inflammatory cytokine levels (IL-6, IL-1) induced by chronic constriction injury of the infraorbital nerve in rats. I started having heart problems in my mid 40s. The area immediately around an incision (the surgical cut) is often numb after surgery. I had Quintuple bypass last Tuesday, is it normal to be so nauseated for so long. But still i feel little bit of energy lost during the day and i keep taking Vitamin C to reboot. Thanks for your bad genes dad!! I have good and bad days, but considering how Im just short of 5 weeks removed from the surgery, I feel, based on my progress so far, that the good outweighs the bad. Numbness might develop soon after surgery if swelling disturbs the nerves. Sometimes I just have to grab my chest & hold on to it until the pain resolves. The surgeon says that my hand should return to normal as the nerve regenerates over a few, perhaps six, months. I feel pretty good and am active. but never had the pain people talk about. Gabapentin alleviates affective pain after traumatic nerve injury. I am struggling and i am fed u of it. I believe all is normal at the time in my recovery and pray for healing for all of us! A real wake up very lucky, now on tablets 3 times daily. My cardiologist And surgeons use teleconference. For most, nipple sensation will return within a year of the procedure, however total nerve regeneration . it has been twenty weeks ? This time surgery was more extensive and recovery taking longer. This was at the time described as trivial and was monitored by the hospital for 5 years when it became a severe mitral regurgitation. I am NOT on dialysis so I celebrate that! I feel healthy, Im still active and I have no symptoms. Now Im at 26%. I went to my neighbours who offered to help, organised my funeral, someone to take my dog, clean my unit and give all my stuff to charity. Hopefully, I will feel better. Drs say it takes up to six month to be at my normal self again. I did have 2 stents put in 12.5 years ago when I was 47 and that felt devastating to me at the time, but yeah, it was really nothing by comparison! I couldnt breathe or walk very far so what exactly was my quality of life? Doing aerobic exercise, such as walking and stair climbing, will help you gain strength and feel better. Mary A. Hello Mary. I quickly contacted him to get the cure and today me and my wife are now totally free from the virus, I am so much happy today that we have someone like this great healer out there,please sir keep your good work cause there are many out there who is in need of your healing medicine. I am 42 years old. I feel sourness in my chest and that has been scaring me. Try to do as much of what you used to do.your body will tell you when you should stop or slow downlisten to your body. Sensitivity and specificity of nerve palpation, monofilament testing and voluntary muscle testing in detecting peripheral nerve abnormality, using nerve conduction studies as gold standard; a study in 357 patients. He should be out of the hospital in 4-5 days after surgery. I guess, for me, it was a hereditary thing. Heart disease runs amuck in my family! I went vegan for the diet (wasnt too hard, as my oldest teenage son has been vegan for about 7 years now). I live 2 hours away and so far he has only wanted his caretaker there. His stamina is still not terrific. Thank you all. I read in some blog that it is good to drink 2 glasses of beer and I had on couple of occasions. But I push myself to deal with the pain until I got used to it and now 8 weeks later I can turn in the bed without a problem. Had a heart attack on 1/18/19 with bypass surgery three days later. Good Luck to All Lloyd. My husband had open heart 2 months ago. I have also had numbness on my right breast since my surgery on 2/14 of this year. They started such medicine and do bypass. So heres the good news for all. The most common is coronary artery bypass grafting, which . And Im also walking about 5 miles a day, and I walk every day whether I feel like it or not. Take a medication to remove excess fluid if needed. They would come out of the blue. Unfortunately there is no cure and it resolves itself, but mine is back again after lifting bags of Xmas shopping. What is likely happening is that scar tissue and connective tissue has grown limiting the movement on the left side which is why the act of reaching causes pain. Ive always been positive & happy, but as I look back, I was feeling a little depression from feeling tired & miserable before the surgery, now that there is some Oxygen flowing, I generally feel great, I have a new lease on life! In fact, one leg swelling is worse than two swollen legs . I de idea to grab a cpl of Robaxicets muscle relaxants and go sit in my chair with my back seat and sufficient rent cushions to at least rest, if not sleep. Second part . Then all the sudden I am feeling very dizzy and nauseous. This really bothers me. He ordered an Echo, EKG. One issue is that it is highly specific but has low sensitivity. Im 39 years old, former military, current contractor. I still have a cough which is annoying, Don It will get better-really you have to be patient-which Im not and give it 12 months, that is what Im told every day, Im at the 5 month stage since surgery and feel so much better- yes I still get tired and cant get back to being the super woman I believed I was -but it will happen. My legs can ache going up a flight of stairs and get short of breat and sternum pain. the wound on my leg is taking for ever to get better its very sensitive and sore, i do not have chest pains just numbness which is ok. wishing all the best and keep healthy. My situatuion at 68 was very similar. I do have more muscle pain then before. I plan to go this week. Surprisingly ( after a minor heart attack which may or may not be related), I found out that I had a very large hole in my heart. I find that if I stick to these 2 things religiously (because there certainly isnt very much else that we can control, besides diet, exercise, and sleep! I found him! On January 29 I underwent OHS and had a quadruple bypass. I'm a mother and housewife. I am very fit and healthy, and overall feel very well after the surgery. I dont even have to go into office unless I chose to. When I think that the pig valves are only good for ten years on an average, I get depressed. Chest itches a bit, leg scars itch a bit. You will feel tired and will feel like you have to sleep. hi All, I just turned 40 and 2 weeks later I was having a heart attack, I drove myself to the hospital and Dr found that I was having an attack but manager to thrombelize so that reduces damage, I was blessed to find everything under control. 7. Massachusetts says, Roy Yoder from In the last weeks, I have been feeling a very deep and painful "burning sensation" on the skin around my chest area. Amongst other things, like leg pain, rib pain, chest pain, I too am very tired. Also had nausea and loss of appetite. I just want to make, I'm a 58 year old female had triple bypass surgery July 25, 2014. Milk ducts can become clogged, causing a firm, tender lump. No no, Im too young 52. Cant converse for more than 10-20 min without feeling exhausted and short of breathe. I struggle to work up the strength to the most basic tasks such as showering and very light housework. My gut is telling me that you should listen to your doctor and follow his instructions going forward. Hi, It will be exactly 3 months old on 20th June 2019 after my Surgery. I also feel much worse than before surgery is not suppose to be this way. This group of medicines is used to blunt pain and sensation during surgery. Cant remember, cant think, cant sleep, cant drive a car. Here are its top four types: Median Sternotomy Scars These scars are typically 8 to 11 inches long since the sternum is cut open from top to bottom. Good Day to everyone out in heart disease land! I wish and pray you all get stronger and continue to heal physically and mentally from this mind blowing experience! Did it ever return to normal? Im trying not to use my right arm much at all as the pain at times is horrendous. This ordeal has definitely showed me that I am not. Was it painful? Everything is fine except for my breathing yes it gets me down a lot because i cant go anywhere. 2018;13(1):e0190589. This LVF % they get from 2dEcho . 10 days later I mowed the front lawn and half my neighbours and walked the dog (she is 72 and did the rest of her lawn). One day at a time, good luck to all of you. Can you share me if it is normally? Understanding the "pins and needles" feeling. Amiodarone (discontinued), Metoprolol Tartrate (reduced dosage), Clonidine, Furosemide, & Potassium. sudden numbness or weakness in arms or leg sudden, severe headache Acute gout flare-up elevated temperature more than 100.0 f or 38.0 c two times within 24 hours I had my aortic valve replaced exactly 4 months ago today and have some questions and concerns to see if I am the only one. He cant carry on a conversation. com or text or call him on +(234) 9063230051. Would you still have numbness in the sternum area ten months after open heart surgery? back at work however work fewer hours than normal. The heart surgery went well, went to a rehab hospital thinking it would be helpful to my recovery. Apparently my cardio Dr anticipated this as he has ben asking the past yr or so about heartburn. Ive never been religious but God has his finger on every aspect of my life the last 6 weeks. HBP. In 2006, Adam founded HeartValveSurgery.com to educate and empower patients. Rehab is on hold due to COVID. ASRA practice advisory on neurologic complications in regional anesthesia and pain medicine. Neurohospitalist. Im beside myself with worry and it feels like its completely taken over my life. So I preety much take care of my home and family. Then my heart was beating 240 bpm and they stopped and started it six times to get rhythm BUT I need beta blockers to maintain it, if I stop beta blockers it climbs back up fast, I was so sick, I mean deaths door and couldnt be discharged, they flew me to my local hospital for aftercare. In fact, one leg swelling is worse than before surgery is not to. 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