Also, ref: deep anesthetic....it makes your taste buds go haywire, your hair go haywire....for about 6 mos. Nothing tastes right, and your hair will not cooperate...do NOT try to colour or get a perm for at least 6 mos. My mum said about her bypass that the removal of the leg (sapheous)veain was MUCH more painful than the chest. At least Kat didn't have to go thru that!