Discomfort

[AH31]

It has been nearly a year since I had OHS

All good gel great and very grateful for everything the NHS has done for me. Last two days I have felt discomfort in the middle of my back and front of chest. I am trying to think if I have done anything different and if it’s a pulled muscle or if it’s the sternum.

I don’t feel I need to contact my consultant because it’s probably nothing, just wondering if anyone else has experienced this nearly a year after surgery.

[Tamarillo1]

Had a triple bypass 11 years ago and get a shingles type pain still. Usually more of a nuisance than anything. I did break a shoulder around six years ago so that may have contributed. No regrets about the surgery though.

[Thesnowman51]

I had my 3 x CABG Nov 23 and I still get discomfort. Mine is more an ache in the sternum area. I think that with coronary heart disease and post surgery you are far more sensitive to these things and fear for the worst. Other have said in other posts that the discomfort can last for a couple of years.

I had a run of discomfort in December 24, not daily and I didn't see any trigger points for it, was it a pulled muscle, post surgery twinges, indigestion - I don't know. I ended up just making diary notes when it occured, to see if there was a pattern. As it turned out after 2-3 weeks it stopped. So that's my suggestion, keep a record of it, as if you do have to see your doctor that will be very useful information for them.

[Audi1955]

Hi I was in agony about 4 months after my surgery after doing a simple task of winding garden hose in to reel..the muscles are so weak and traumatised it takes very little to hurt yourself. Now nearly a year post surgery l still get discomfort in chest if l sleep on my right side..but l remember the the pain in the early day's when a sneeze would be agony so grateful everything seems to be less dramatic as time goes by.

Good luck 👍

[Skiffrower]

I get this when I my asthma is bad, especially the bit in the middle of the back, but also when I've a bad cold or respiratory virus. Have you had one of the bugs going the rounds? I'm 8 months post OHS and still am v sensitive around the sternum . I'm aware of weights that I previously wouldn't have thought about.

[AH31 in reply to Skiffrower]

Now you mention about your Asthma. I was diagnosed with this when I went for my cardiology appointment in November and have been given an enhaler

I had the flu last month aswell.

[devonian186 in reply to AH31]

I don't know what meds you are on but some shouldn't be taken with Asthma symptoms

Best to check the leaflet as medics are not always aware of the side effects when combined with other medicines.