My surgeon said something to me which really hit home and it STUCK he said
"if its blood without pain who cares don't get hung up of seeing blood" so as long as your pain in 0 or is getting less an less don't let seeing blood bring you down, just be guided by rate of pain not rate of blood. Good luck to all.

I sooo appreciate your response. There isn’t total pain I mean on a 0-10 scale im at 1. It did burn like hell to apply the diltiazem when I got home but it quickly let up. I’ve had a rough few months. I really hope this heals up. <3