Experiences with

Chest surgery

Is it common to experience chest pains after surgery carnt get any sense from anyone and not on good terms with hospital staff

I just wondered if anybody else had experienced this out of the blue after heart surgery, I didn’t have any chest pain before the surgery so it’s strange and a bit scary!

The good part is that the area on my chest still has no feeling following the surgery.

Just an update about my Mitral Valve repair surgery I had on 21st June .Surgery went well but the Bronchitis chest infection I had been fighting for 3 weeks prior to Surgery reared it's ugly head again due to being on the ventilator. I'm now completely resting at home.

Therefore I will be listed to have open chest surgery to close my ASD defect. Does anybody have experience of having ASD defect closed via such an invasive procedure? Is the scar impacting in your quality of life?

The dip at the bottom of my throat seems to be getting deeper and the pidgeon chest' appearance since surgery isn't improving. It feels like the clavicle is too high and bone is pressing upwards and inwards into the bottom of my throat and last night was frightening.

My GP said next steps are to have antibiotics as I also have an infection in R lung and for me to book an appointment with the respiratory nurse at the surgery. She wants to run the chest x-ray again in 6 weeks.

I had a CT Chest, Abdo and Pelvis to stage before my surgery. My Abdo and Pelvis came back with no evidence of metastasis. My Chest one came back finding two (2mm and 5mm) nodules in my lung as well as some opacities (which I had before).

I’m finally back on Tocilizumab after an ankle replacement, 2 bouts of C-diff, a chest infection and minor surgery for an ingrowing toenail. It’s been a bad 3 months and my RA has been flaring the whole time with little I could take other than paracetamol.

Just wondering of anyone else has been prescribed GTN spray for chest pain with AFib/Arrhythmias. Called my surgery as the Amiodarone dose [100mg] daily is 'wearing off' - sometimes late afternoon and into evening.

I have seen one of the Surgical team today about ongoing " muscular chest pains" which started about 7 weeks after surgery and now in week 6....been told probably nerve damage and can take 6 months to heal.Anyone else had nerve damage post op, able to let me know their experiences, good or bad?

A heart friend of mine sent me the below message today. Have you guys experienced anything like this? He did have a couple of infections on recovery so I’m wondering if this has something effected things. All advice welcome xx “Hi Rosie. Can I ask you a question about your healing of the breast bone

Hi i was in urgent care last wk for stomach issue & had blood tests, bp chest x ray etc but also ecg. All the dr told me was that it had changes but he didnt have anything to compare it with, i was given the ecg report along with other paper work to take to another dept.I looked at ecg which said abnormal

My eyes are so heavy and tired also out of breath very dizzy I'm definitely not with it today , I'm at hospital this afternoon for a chest x ray for my breathing. I'm keeping my fingers crossed its nothing to worry about .

I was diagnosed 6 weeks ago of having lupus. I’ve had sjogrens for 6 yrs. My rheumatologist sent me for a chest X ray as I explained amongst my symptoms for Lupus I was a little breathless. She sent me for a chest X ray which has come back clear, I’m waiting for the results of a ct scan. My breathing

Hi been having these funny spells of going confused sweating and going pale ,Had them again last week first one in the locker room butting my work boots on stood at my locker work mate said I went very pale , sweating and confused he said I didn't know where I was, Had these at work though out the day

Hi, I hope you are all hanging on in there. I am a newbie here. I have been very poorly for 2 years. All my problems started after I had been for a long walk. My first symptom was awful head tingling which I still continue to have on a daily bases. The sensation seems to get worse when my body

I was having heart palpitations and chest pain for few days. 111 sent me to hosp I had blood tests, urine test, ECG, chest x ray, blood pressure and oxygen done 4 times. All results came up clear so they then put it down to the endometriosis might be badly inflammed and causing pains and strains elsewhere

Hi. Interested to hear other experiences of the above. Had heart attack and stent 6 ago. weeks. Intermittently find I feel tight chested/breathless although breathing is actually normal. Been back to GP/ A &E a few times and ECG/bloods/chest X ray all normal which is reassuring. I'm aware feeling breathless

Following bad chest infection late last/ early this year had chest x ray. Turns out I have enlarged heart, which apparently showed up on the previous x ray taken early 2023 but nobody mentioned it then.😡 However heart failure has been mentioned but blood test was clear, I think? Dr referred me to