fed up

i really dont beleive my luck got the green light on monday all was well until tue and started with a cold which over past 2 days has progressed into a mother of all caughs my ribs are killing me with so much coughing, am so worried yet again about my leads been blown out with so much caughiing its 7 weeks today will they be ok has anyone else had such a dreadful caugh just after implant ??? really could have done without this.

kimbo

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by Karen - 2013-04-19 02:04:30

You could have a fractured rib. I had a virus that was going around which made me cough and sneeze off and on all winter that caused me a fractured rib. Very very very painful when I sneeze and cough.

oh thanks Don & TraceyE

by kimbo - 2013-04-19 12:04:13

I really need to stop panicing!!! us newbys must be a pain at times but so glad you experts are here to reassure think am just so scared to feel pants again as i was before pm you really dont realise how good and different the pm makes you feel after so many years dragging ya self around and wondering why so dont want to be like that again. just hope this caugh takes a quick exite i want to get back to the gym was gunna go wed but then this see wot am like monday. I am using vapor and yes it helps caugh meds never work for me!!

thanks again

leads

by Tracey_E - 2013-04-19 12:04:23

What Don said! They aren't going anywhere at this point.

I have come home with a nasty cold/cough after every single surgery! No worse place to catch germs than a hospital.

Have you tried a vaporizer? Works better for me than cough medicine.

Not to Worry

by donr - 2013-04-19 12:04:24

Kimbo: you worry needlessly. At this point, those leads are so firmly settled in that they would have to be grabbed by a gorilla & yanked out & would probably rip the wall of your heart out with them.

Look at your scar on your chest - see how well after 7 weeks it has healed? Your heart is probably just as well healed at this point.

I've told this story several times - I stopped a Jeep Cherokee (like a Land Rover) w/ my right shoulder 9 weeks post-op. Got a broken collar bone, somewhere between 8 & 12 broken ribs; collapsed lung, lacerated liver & bruised kidney. Three weeks after the accident, they found that my heart was nearly ripped from its moorings in the impact & I had a small aortic aneurysm from it.

BUT>>>My leads were not affected at all. That is a far worse stress on leads than coughing.

So, relax, you have nothing to fear about the leads at this point.

Don

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