could it still hurt after 4 years?

June 11, 2011

I had my cabbage, open heart by-pass back in 2007 and then coded ten days

later. they probably broke some ribs jumping up and down on my chest, but 26

minutes later I rejoined the living. But this split on my chest has never

stopped hurting. I can press on it in certain places and it will hurt really bad

if I push to hard. I heard that when the weather is cold or wet that this can

make a place you had cut open on your body hurt. is this so? Will the pain ever

go away? I have wondered if I could have some kind of authoridus in the place

where they wired me back together. I told the heart doc, but he just says after

all my chest had to go through that month he isn't surprised that it hurts and

that is all he has ever said about it. also have wondered if that spot where

they wired me together, could it ever get infected after all these years? I go

for a chemical stress test next week because I have been having some chest pain.

but when they run the test they run in the hospital nothing shows up that says

there is a problem with the heart.

Now my A1C was 13 about six weeks ago and the doc put me on time release

metforman, 1000 milligrams twice a day. Do you think this could be causing the

chest pain? I know it has been upsetting my stomach in a bad way for a week now.

I certainly hope the A1C will come down if I got to put up with the sick feeling

like I'm going to lose my cookies. then in the hospital they put me on the

purple pill because I told them it feels like there is a knot in my throat all

the time. they said that is a complaint of folks who have reflux problems. Well

this little pill is higher then a cat's back. I only pay $42, but my insurance

pays $170 each month. I bet it won't be long when I will be in the doughnut hole

as they call it. When that happens I will have to make a choice to pay the

difference or go back to the knot in my throat feeling. the purple pill has

helped that feeling go away though.

Well anyway was hoping some of you may have an answer for me. thanks for any

advice you might have.

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