Pain after surgery is something we like to minimize. However, after any type of operation we cannot totally eliminate pain. Pain medications will be ordered for you in appropriate doses. While in the hospital if you do not feel the pain medication is adequate, please feel free to speak to the hospital nurse or the
Read moreIt is the desire of the physicians taking care of you that you will resume a better life than what you had before surgery. Hopefully, the pain you had in your chest will disappear after your heart surgery or the pain you had in your legs will disappear after a vascular surgery. However, each person
Read moreOccasionally, the hospital runs into an emergency or the surgeon responsible for your care will have an emergency, possibly even at another hospital. This will delay your surgery. Sometimes, although very unusual, the surgeon who is responsible for your surgery will not be able to do it on that particular day. When your surgeon is
Read moreMost of the time people will have trouble getting their sleeping cycle regulated and have a poor appetite after heart, thoracic and vascular surgery. Sleeping problems usually are improved as the number of naps you take during the day decrease. Occasionally a sleeping medicine will be ordered, but the best sleeping medicine is Benadryl, which
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