Post triple bypass advise

[mckennac]

I under when a triple bypass on Friday 15th November and I was advised on the pain however this is the pain in my eyes.

1. Discomfort - every breathe, every cough, every movement is so uncomfortable. When moving the pain causes so much anxiety as I feel like my stitches in my leg/ arm and chest are going to come out.

2. Pain - pain in the top half of the body.

3. Coughing - I am really shocked how much pain is caused by the slightest cough. Every cough I am bringing up phlegm which feels like needles. The phlegm is coming from the bottom of my lungs and the feeling is that the stitches are going to pop off in my chest.

4. Sleep - it is so difficult to find the best position to support my chest and to ease the coughing and wheezing. Currently I am only able to have a few hours of sleep without being woken up by coughing.

5. Walking - from doing 15,000 steps a day now to 200 I am so tired and didn't think this would affect me this way.

Any advise that anyone can offer me that would be great.