Hi Laura, this site is a good place for comforting you. If your Dr said you are fine, then you will be fine. Same case as me. I also have pain at the muscle around left chest when I get stressed but Dr. said this is due to stress. It will be gone after you do exercise. I am currently doing gym to stretch the muscle of chest and it really helps.
LLpeaches said:
Hi, my name is Laura and I am now 36 years old. I had OHS on December 17, 2012, but had severe complications with bleeding they had to go back into surgery the same day for a second open heart surgery. I had to have blood transfusions etc., I crashed the first night and the nurse team had to get me breathing and back on the ventilator. Afterwards, I had several cracked ribs. In total I was in the ICU for 17 days. Much of that time I was asleep. I was finally released to the main cardiac floor where I stayed for another week.
Istill feel a lot of pain daily. I also have awful back pain. I am starting physical therapy on May 1st. I hope it helps! The pain I feel daily is debilitating. It is encouraging to me to read other patients who are having good recoveries. Thanks