I had my bypass surgery on Feb 6, 2012. The surgeon put me on Plavix for 90 days to prevent blood clots. He specifically said that I could take Tylenol but I could NOT take Ibuprofen. I'm assuming because of the Plavix. Tylenol is the only pain reliever that doesn't do anything to your blood from what I understand. I know how you feel because I have unbelievable pain in my neck, left scapula, shoulder, arm & hand. It feels like my Scapula is dislocated & like my arm & hand are being crushed. At Cardio Rehab they sent a request to my Internal Medicine Doctor for her to approve some Physical Therapy. She refuses to sign it & says that I am due for a complete physical. I had a complete physical on Jan 27 at the hospital. I must have had 25 ekg's, 8 chest xrays, thousands of dollars & gallons of blood work done in the last 2 months. Just not by her. She got copies of everything but insists that I need a complete physical! I'm looking for a new Internal Medicine Doctor now!!!