Things I Cannot Do

1. Walk up or down one floor without taking a rest on a chair for 5 minutes.
2. Go to discotech and stand in front of a loudspeaker.
3. Swim underwater deeper than half meter.
4. Fire a .357 Magnum or 44 Magnum handgun.
5. Fire a shotgun.
6. Go fishing.
7. Be a traffic policeman.
Every time I cough I have to hold a pillow tightly against my chest so that the seam does not split from the instant high pressure created in my chest cavity. But it still causes a lot of pain.
Most of the time it feels that the doctors have left a couple of cloth hangers in my chest after the 6 hour open heart operation, and they dangle about causing pain now and then depending upon the position and how I move my chest. According to the manual it takes about 6 weeks for the sternum to heal, like any other bone.