So...Im electing to have open heart surgery.
Ive got some stuff thats rubbing on my heart and it needs removing.

Has anyone here had a sternotomy?
Mines off pump (off the heart and lung machine) so a lot less work than a bypass etc.

I'l be open for only about 2-3 hours
1-2 days in intensive care
oh and my girlfriends a cardiac nurse! result there !!

she says im going to have a 15 cm tube up my shlong, and one in my butt while in ICU.

cant wait for that!

just wondered if anyones been through somethin similiar?

Cheers

Nasi

ps. radical pericardiectomy is what im having done.

Wow, whens it happening? good luck!

all the best with the surgery, after a couple of times under the surgeons knife, I was left with an overwhelming warmth for all the medical staff involved, they are truly wonderful people and it may sound a bit left field, but enjoy the experience and in future understand the need to be a little selfish sometimes when it comes to your own life and outlook, the realization and disbelief happens when you have tubes coming out of you, its an empowering self discovery tour of what you want to achieve and the simple fact of what's important to you in life