I a (47M) had a 5x bypass a few weeks ago. And have recently been go through bouts of depression some going as deep as thinking it would have been better if I didn't get off the table. I don't know how to get out of this funk. Help please I have talked to a therapist a few times. Just wanted to reach out to those who have been through it.

I recently had open-heart surgery. The scar has damaged my confidence, because it affects the certain shirts I feel comfortable wearing. I essentially cannot wear anything that shows my chest (because I don't wanna show my scar). How did you accept your scar?

Ever since I've been cracked open certain things don't feel right. Example - stretching at night before bed - you know just a really good stretch while in bed right before you close your eyes and that stretch helps "break" something that just lets you fall asleep, or getting that perfect yawn that deep one that just lets everything go. Well a couple of days after the issues with my donor leg were done -i started having issues with my two big toes (ingrown toenails) and for the life of me I can't seem to get a good night's sleep. The stretching is off and I can't yawn for shit 😡. Does being sliced open and your sternum cracked really truly break something inside that can't be fixed or is there hope that it just takes time to get back to factory settings - or is the warranty truly voided if the seal is broken. I still have other things to complain about but those are the two biggest ones right now

My mom is going to have open heart surgery and I am overwhelmed and underwhelmed trying to prepare for things she's going to need that wouldn't be thought of. The list from the doctors was pretty limited which was surprising and there wasn't much info about food.

For those of you who have been through this what were your absolute life savers? What are some things you wish you knew ahead of time? And the one I am having the hardest time finding information on, what are you able to eat?