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Originally Posted by johnelliot
I am 10 days post cardiac bypass-quintuple. While there are expected issues, will resolve over time, I am experiencing numbness in my left hands - pinky and ring finger, with ocassional discomfort in my left forearm. Does anyone have expience in this are? Should I be expecting long or short term resolution?
Thanks.
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John,
I am 11 days post quint bypass, same as you. Grafts were taken from my left arm and right leg. The leg is no problem, but I have slight pain and a kind of numbness in my left thumb and around the base of the thumb.
I understand that the nerves take a fair hammering when they are hacking around that radial artery, and what we are experiencing is quite normal.
The good news is that it DOES get better.
I hear different reports of how long this condition lasts, from a few weeks to three months.
My breathing is still getting back to normal, and that is a frustration, but I trust all will be well in the next fews days.
Any other thoughts from you? Highlight/Lowlights?
Regards,
Steve.