JColt

In near future it will be standard to repair heart going through artery in groin. Cleveland Clinic does it now but only select patients - ie rich or would not survive open chest.

I think the worst part of it now is I am scared I will injure chest. My work is physical and I have pretty much said I'm not moving heavy stuff. I feel chest tighten and I back off. I'd probably be fine but I do not want to go through that pain again. Luckily there are a lot of 20 and 30 somethings at work and my boss gets them to do heavy moving.

For the first 2 weeks a sneeze coming on would induce panic. You can only hold a sneeze back so much and it was brutal. Coughing hurt but can control it some. It was the most painful thing I went through but they kept me pretty doped up first 4 days which helped.

Thanks for the words Rich and keep getting better!.