lost in question heart attack

[babarhom]

i am new here i am a 63 old french living in Scotland man I use to ride my road bicycle for about 120 km a week for the last two years and well my diet was nt the best (i am a pastry chef) but i don t smoke and don t drink

on the 13 /10/18 i have done a heart attack just after coming back from cycling I was transfer by ambulance to the cardiologist unit in Dundee they have done an angioplasty and stent.on the 16/10/18 i was back home with a collection of tablets

know since i am back home it s a bit of a nightmare

but it very difficult to describe the feeling

1 it seem that my brain has not record what did happen

don t know where i am going sometime i feel ok and suddenly feel

down exhausted

sometime my rib feel sore and got spasm in the upper body

and i am worried about future how long am i going to be like tha

can someone tell me some advice from similar situation

thanks

[jimmyq]

This is a nervous time for everybody. We have all been through it. Look at it this way: You have survived, phew! It could take a long time for you to come to terms with what has happened to you. You will have good days and days when you will feel down or frightened. We are here to help you through those days.

You should see your doctor about what happens next. It might be different from here in England where you would be offered rehab. Before you go to any doctor, write a list of questions, doubts and fears that you have and write down the answers. It might be better to take someone with you.

You now about food so I recommend that you watch the film "Forks Over Knives". It is on Netflix and YouTube. It is about global medical heart research and the findings, including a massive study of 800,000 Chinese people. You might find it helpful, I did.

Good Luck for when you see your GP!

[babarhom in reply to jimmyq]

thanks for your message i going to start my rehab program next Monday i am in Scotland still NHS and will have a look to this film

thanks again

[Loving-life]

Hello firstly well done for contacting the forum and not suffering in silence. Wow its not been long since your HA and let me say you will feel like you are on a rollercoaster with your emotions. This is completely normal.

Your body has just been put through a major trauma and it needs time to heal from it. This is not a quick thing to recover from and can take a while both mentally and physically.

Not only that, you will have left hospital with a goodie bag full of tablets . That alone can be a shock if you took nothing more than paracetamol beforehand. Now with all the medication there can be side effects and it may be that you are experiencing some of these. I urge you you talk to your gp or cardiac team or both so they can put your mind at rest. With me beta blockers gave me really bad leg cramps so much so that i couldnt walk. But no problem a trip to my gp and she and i together over a few days we found a dose that suited me. Beta blockers also zap energy as they slow the heart down so its working at a pace it can cope with. For active people like you and me this is a hard thing to get your head around. But be patient things will change again when you start cardiac rehabe. It will bring your confidence back and the best thing is you get to use an exercise bike so you hopefully will be back on yours in the not too distant future.

I remember coming home after my HA. I had three stents put in and have CHD on left side that is managed by medication as the areas were to small to stents. I was told to have bed rest for 2 weeks, this nearly drove me insane! As drs said i was go to go, so i thought right ill just get back to it. How wrong was i. Just as you are i had pains I didnt recognise as normal. Had my gtn spray near me at all times. Anxiety would creep up on me at times and had to dig deep to push them away. I found watching comedies helped. Keep laughing it helps heal in times of extreme anxiety. Firstly, as i worried the hell out of my family they kept me in bed for 2 weeks!! I kept sane by doing little exercises. I was pampered so go used to that quickly...... now when it was time to get moving, my god what a shock. Just getting dressed and going down stairs felt like i'd done 10 rounds in a boxing ring! It hurt and no energy. Shock to the system mentally and physically , nobody prepared me for that. But as the weeks progressed and walking a bit further each day i got stronger. Dont expect too.much too soon. On your first walk, if you make it to the end of your front path it's an achievement and recognise it as one. Hooray.

So reach out contact the numbers you have been given when you left hospital. They are the trained professionals and will be able to ease your concerns and put your mind at rest.

I also went along to my local heart support group. This was proved invaluable to recovery. Sitting down with a cup of tea/coffee and biscuits and having a chat with other people and their partners was fsntastic and made me realise it all will sort itself out in good time. So go on reach out.

Sign up to heart matter BHF magazine. Its full of good advice and positive stories of people who have achieved the imaginable considering what they have faced.

Remember you are at the beginning of your journey, somethings you will achieve quickly, somethings will take you a little bit longer. Acceptance of your condition and what you have been through is the hardest thing and this takes time, maybe weeks or months. This will come in time, once you accept, life will become easier to deal with. You will have time of feeling despair, wondering if the aches and pains are normal. This is normal, its ok. Just keep taking deep breathes to calm any worries. Yoga is a great way to relax the mind. Also reward yourself from time to time go treat yourself when you accomplish something new. One of the helpers at my cardiac rehabilitation said it took her 18 months to feel ok again. This was reassuring for me as i was panicking that i should be feeling ok soon after my event. It takes time to heal and I did. Hope this helps. Take care

[babarhom in reply to Loving-life]

thanks for your supporting message it has help

[sandybrown]

Please Google for BHF help number and there are fully qualified nurses who can help you.

[MountainGoat52]

Hi there and welcome to the forum. I am just wondering whether the problems that you are having are due to some of the medication that you will have been prescribed. I would contact the number that you hopefully will have been given and discuss your problems with them. The problems with thinking straight happened to me once when I was prescribed a certain blood pressure medicine and it is not a nice feeling!

Please try to keep positive. The problems that you are experiencing should be solveable. I hope you get some answers soon.

Gerald