sore breasts and caroid
Hi all: Im 8 months post op 4x cabg and right caroid artery. To those women out there YES my breast has hurt, continues to hurt and its due to the artery they used. I have had a lot of trouble with upper back pain and left arm pain. I did end back in the hospital for a week about 6 weeks post op cause the pain terrible. I do take vioxx. I dont know if the pain will ever go away but the good news is it does lessen to the extent that it can just be annoying. We women are a tough breed. Anyway Im back to work full time dealing with middle school children. As far as the swollen breasts Yes to that too. About 4 months post op I went out and bought all new bras due to the scar. Im like most of you now in debt up to my ears and bras are not cheap. Anyway about 3 weeks ago the were riding up and very loose fitting. I could not figure out what happened to my boobs. I mentioned it to my daughter and she said your bobbies were probably still swollen when you bought those. So with me it took a longgggg time for that swelling to go down and now Im with the A cups again....Im glad Im keeping my sence of humor...As far as the caroid artery my right one was done same time as cabg. right was 90 percent blocked and left 60. The drs. I had said without doing it I was at a high risk for stroke. Like very high. Im taking it one day at a time and I hope you all do too..It does get better and what does not and cant be changed we do deal with it. Best wishes for a healthy recovery road.