Hello, I am 3 days out of surgery at Rochester Mayo Clinic. A little neck and upper back pain the next day but my husband was able to massage it away..yay. Otherwise, pain management has been fine. The antibiotics did make me nauseous the first couple days but has gone now. I can eat, walking, etc well. I did do core and leg exercises since Feb. I still have chest tubes, going to get out tomorrow and hope to be dismissed on Monday. We will head home on our 12 hour trip, we are splitting it up into two 6 hour segments. Thank goodness it is in the past and I just have to get well. Dr. Dearani did mine. Everyone here is so caring and respectful to each other and patients. Thanks for all the great advice.