122 days since my surgery (4 months)
Four months ago today I went into the hospital and had open heart surgery. It seems like a distant memory and also feels like it never even happened. Unless I look at my incision scar.
My scar is actually getting much better - I have been using sicilone strips to help it heal flatter and smoother.
My niece is a cardiac surgical nurse at a children's hospital, and also has had some hip surgery in her past. She recommended these, and she showed me her scars --which you can barely see - that she used these on. So I am hopeful they will help my scar get flatter. Really the only part not flat is the top where the suture knot was. Sometimes it is a little raised and then if I wear the silicone strips it goes down flatter.
I am still waiting for my spot in the cardiac rehab program. My friends on the AHA support group highly recommend I do it, so I want to. But it's been FOUR MONTHS! I can't believe how backed up they are!