Well it's 5.30am..Ive been up most night. At 6am I have to take remaining tablets that I also took the night before at 6pm. Then I leave for the hospital. At 7am I will book in and fuss will be made to prep me for my Bypass Surgery. Im first on the list...Im as calm as I can be..not wirth getting stressed..Ive waited so ling for this like we all have. Now it will be my turn to give advice if asked...this site has learnt me so much...hints and preps that I couldnt get off friends thats never been in my shoes. I cant wait in weeks to come to show you all my "after pics' . All I ask is for thoughts of healing...prayers to the surgeon to guide his wonderful hands.......bye for now. Oh im so excited. X

I feel great!! The first couple days..yes you feel wiped out and you have like a "tight knotty" feeling in the centre of the chest from inside ...and you do find burping a task..but after thinking Im going to have this forever...it went by the 4th day...but I guess thats different in every patient. My scars were not hurting at all...but when sipping water for first time I could hear my stomach gurgle away...funny sensation. The urge to gulp down water was hard..as i knew only to sip and took ages yo take liquid meds...but you get used to it. Plus Im a coffee lover but after this only managing half a cup...as it goes cold..due to the time it takes to swallow. Today Im so back on track the only thing to remind me ive had surgery is the scars as it feels fab inside.

Thank you for sharing. My surgery will be march 15 I'm trying to read post op. To be prepare on what to expect. I have to say that for my c section and gallbladder surgery I had no problems, I got up couple hrs after and was fine. So I don't know if is a comparable pain

Its kinda like having gallbladder removed. I had mine removed 2 years ago. Its the getting rid of the gas that they blow your belly up with. Due to that..before they put me under..I asked the surgeon to expel most of the gas..it really helped.as apparently what may be painful is the pain you get on the right top shoulder...as the gas spreads that far. When I woke up and after a couple hours I had that shoulder pain but very minor. What was different was a "Swallowed a ball" like you swallowed something too big. Its a bit painful when suddenly you get urge to burp..but it doesnt last long. The morphine helped and other meds to calm all acids. Remember to sip all the time and just.....take your time in drinking and it wont hurt at all. Just gurgling which was weird ..but thats calmed too. I asked another post patient on same ward and she had very similar feelings. If you need any of us for guidance im more than happy to help. X