I wish the best, open heart surgery is no joke it’s a very serious procedure and you will be in the hospital for a few days, I was in for 6-days and 5-nights
It was not particularly painful but as I said earlier the stress and anxiety was very real and I was not expecting that to happen
When I got home I slept in a recliner for three weeks because I couldn’t lay flat on my back
Cardiac rehab was the single best thing I did in recovery I would urge you to take it, it’s supervised exercise that gave a lot of confidence that my surgery was successful and was going to hold up when I stressed my heart during exercise
I wish you all the best
I lost most of last year to a Whipple procedure for Ampullary cancer. Painful and debilitating. Submitting to more surgery when the surgeon himself has no faith that it would be successful is unnecessary risk for uncertain gain. My oldest son had 4 open heart surgeries, 2 artificial valves, a pig patch and a pacemaker, so I’ve seen the consequences first hand.