Garagegym
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I am reaching out to the community for help. I had my open heart surgery just over 6 weeks ago. The hospital I picked in the US ( a good one but one I could afford ) did not offer any kind of sternal clamps or glue and just used the wire to put me back together. I have a quite a large chest and I thought I was finally getting my sternum to heal until last night when I reached around my back to scratch with my left arm and heard a large solid feeling snap. This is different sounding snaps that my costochondral joints seem to emit. Interestingly my left side chest started healing right away but my right side chest felt numb and doesn't seem to be healing as fast ( with a noticeable dent in the middle of the border--rib spreader damage??)
Is this normal????- I thought at 6 weeks the sternum was about 65 percent healed and some of the restrictions are to come off. My cardiologist is sending me for another x-ray today to look see--I am pretty sure I just set myself back about 4 weeks of healing by the way everything is popping today-- DARN-- if glue or sternal clamps are available why do surgeons not use it ??? it would make healing so much easier!!!
Can people give me an idea of their experiences with this-- I looked at a lot of old posts and seemed to be all very diverse but something just doesn't feel right.
How long before I can just start living my life again unrestricted??????
Is this normal????- I thought at 6 weeks the sternum was about 65 percent healed and some of the restrictions are to come off. My cardiologist is sending me for another x-ray today to look see--I am pretty sure I just set myself back about 4 weeks of healing by the way everything is popping today-- DARN-- if glue or sternal clamps are available why do surgeons not use it ??? it would make healing so much easier!!!
Can people give me an idea of their experiences with this-- I looked at a lot of old posts and seemed to be all very diverse but something just doesn't feel right.
How long before I can just start living my life again unrestricted??????