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Hi aviator67. So sorry to hear that your pain continues even though at a lesser intensity. Personally I find that very odd and that no one of your medical professionals has any answers for you. Perhaps others here may have had a similar problem, but it seems odd that it is not directly related...

Do let us know what you find out aviator67. That doesn't sound like a "normal" sensation after heart surgery. Not sure on difference in pain levels with a partial sternotomy vs. full sternotomy, but as you say this sounds like a different area of the chest. Of course as you say, who knows what...

Hello AZ Don. That is an interesting suggestion - participating in a practice speaking group... will consider this. And yes it may be a question of practice just like the need of exercise for physical improvements. Thanks for your input!

Thanks yotphix for sharing your experience. Wow! A three-month hole in your memory, now that would shake me up. I too am the one who remembers details, names, dates, etc - though some of that fine memory is getting a few holes here and there...and that is the aging process no doubt! Can't...

Thanks carolinemc. It is encouraging just to know that others have dealt with similar issues. I too am assuming it will get better in time. Just hard to see DH struggle and because in the past he has always been able to do just about whatever he wanted, this has been quite the learning...

Thanks Jkm7 for the questions. Before surgery my DH was on no meds. No other medical conditions. Even for the prolapsed mitral valve, he had no symptoms - but tests showed severe multidirectional regurgitation and a totally incompetent valve. The cardiologist felt it better to do the replacement...

Hello All, Have perused the various posts on here related to concentration, pump-head and such, but wondering about a specific problem. My husband is 3 months post surgery (mitral valve replacement with tissue valve). He was 60 yrs old at time of surgery, working full-time (and more sometimes...

I too, with my own health struggles beginning over 25 years ago, was walking along, blundering in the dark as you say. No internet then - was a pretty lonely road. Glad you and Dick are brave souls forging the way forward for those of us newbies coming along behind! Sorry, I may have just...

Well, thank-you to all who have chimed in here. Tonight is my DH's last dose of Coumadin so we'll up the greens for the next several days and sometime next week we wil re-start the supplements he was on previously. I really do appreciate this forum - not sure how others go through this kind of...

Thanks Protimenow. Yes I think sometimes it may be case of covering themselves as you say, but also I think many health professionals are not familiar with supplements and their proper use. I was trained as an RN (registered nurse) many years ago and am familiar with the basic training given. It...

Thanks Protimenow...appreciate your thoughts. The crazy thing is we were told categorically by the family doctor, and the pharmacist to avoid any vitamins at all because of either increasing the INR or at least increasing possibility of bleeding (not sure if it is by same effect as Coumadin), or...

Thanks pellicle. Appreciate the info. And no problem on the OCD posting. I always feel more info is better than not enough. Gives me stuff to work with. :)

Thanks dick0236. That is my impression. Was thinking my DH could up the greens this week to help the process along! :) Not sure we want to do any more INR's...been a bit of a rough road trying to get the levels stable - lots of to and fro to the testing center - Doctor said it might take about...

Hello All, My DH is now 3 months past Mitral Valve replacement (Porcine tissue valve) and is coming to the end of 3 months on Coumadin. The Cardiologist has cleared him to come off the Coumadin, and I am just wondering how long it will take for the Coumadin to leave my DH's body. My main...

Haha ski girl! maybe magic...but more likely they used a special glue. Some hospitals use that, so no need for stitches, staples or such. Lucky you!

Just an added tidbit here...not quite on the same subject but since about 3 weeks post surgery, my dh and I have noticed that his skin is flaking off, not just around obvious wounds or where the different tapes/bandages were, but basically his whole chest and part of his abdominal area. Not...

Thanks Jkm7 and virginian777 for your suggestion of baby oil--definitely would be gentler to take the residue off, and adding some much needed moisture at the same time. And virginian777, yes I somtimes wonder if nurses realize what we will have to contend with once home. I guess they are just...

Oh, Bina that must not have been fun! I didn't realize that it could cause an infection, though someone else mentioned that possibility here. One other comment on getting rid of sticky residue or leftover "goo" from dressings, bandages and steri-strips: once those coverings are removed, you...

Thanks escargome. Appreciate your thoughts and well wishes. We are now 3 & 1/2 weeks post surgery and dh is getting more and more mobile. The breathing thing is getting better--which is a good thing, as my husband does a lot of public speaking as part of his job--kind of scared him when he...

Well hello there...I guess I should give a follow up to my question about timing of removal of steri-strips. I rechecked our little "manual" guide-book given to us by our hospital and the protocol where my husband had his surgery is: staples for 10 days followed by steri-strips for 7 days or so...