Triple heart bypass

[JazzMiloPoppy]

My husband is 6 weeks post triple heart bypass pass. He continues to experience pain around his chest and he now has severe pain around the sternum. It doesn't seem to be improving. I'm looking for reassurance. Is it normal to experience severe pain 6 weeks post op. Thank you.

[DodgyTickerMum]

Hi, I had O.H.S a year ago in June. I experienced a lot of discomfort / sharp pains around my sternum for the first three months or so. Even now, it can still randomly feel sore if I’ve lifted something heavy or reached up to get something down from a high cupboard.

I would try and contact your Husband’s Cardiac Rehab Nurse or G.P for professional advice. (There are also the B.H.F Nurses on this site, who may be able to offer support). Has he had his 6 wk post op check yet? My lovely Nurse said to me at the time when I was struggling with it, that at around the 6 wk mark, the sternum starts to go ‘sticky’, before it starts to heal. All the nerve endings that were cut during the surgery have to rejoin - and this process can cause quite a lot of pain. I was sent home from hospital with 30mg Co-codamol. She suggested I take this to help if the pain was bad.

I hope you get it sorted and he starts to feel better soon.