Ed's experience with Cardiologist
Just wanted to comment that my experience with the surgeon and cardiologist were very different from Ed's but then again I live in Canada if that makes a difference. My first visit after the surgery - 4 weeks post-op - each of the doctors spent more than an hour with me trying to figure out why I had so much pain and so much trouble breathing and the cardiologist even did a CAT scan to make sure the heart was working well but both of them missed the most obvious which was the pericarditis or Dressler's Syndrome. The cardiologist then did a persatine test and then referred me to a lung specialist but I did not get to see her for another 7 weeks. This comment is meant to reinforce what Ed has said - tell your doctor how you feel and keep telling them until they listen.