I had my surgery on the 30/12. I had a bypass. It does get better but as everyone has said ask for pain relief. I was lucky I did not have a lot of pain from stitches but did have pain from the wind and my muscles and the top of my legs and arms. They gave me peppermint water for the wind and that really did help. They gave me some pain relief for the legs and arm and it's taken a few days to go but I am feeling better today. I did't sleep once they woke me up I found it so hard to get to sleep there. x