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So - how long after procedure have people experienced tenderness around the stent? I’m 4.5 months in.

I’ve had nothing for a good couple of months - but exercised hard on Sunday and felt it again. Wasn’t my old Angina pain - felt like a reaction to really pushing myself again.

I’ve been swimming and playing 5 a side. In Sunday I played 45 minutes 11’a side at full blast. Thanks.

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Avarae

I had stent 3 month ago. Had no pain since but last Fri started again for 5 days so went to A&E to be checked and all was fine.its normal they said to come and go like that .sounds like u doing little too much it's still early days really..hope it gets better for u ....

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DavidG1971 in reply toAvarae

Thanks - thought I was past that stage, but I guess every level of exercise is another hurdle for the body to adjust to. Possible I went past what’s reasonable now. It felt great to be genuinely shattered though!

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I had 7 stents 9 months ago, and still get the odd twinge when pushing my self at keep fit or in the gym, or swimming hard. I guess its just something to learn to live with and will always be there, I've kind of got use to it, and use it as a measure of far I can really push my self. Seeing how I never use to do any exercise apart from swimming, and I smoked 30 a day for 40 years.

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DavidG1971 in reply toMike424u

You think that tenderness is just the metalwork against the body ....or your heart under some strain? Rehab told me if its stretch related it’s muscular-skeletal rather than cardiac. You believe that?

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Mike424u in reply toDavidG1971

I believe its stretch related, I picked up a couple 15kg gas cylinders the other day, I could feel it pulling so had to put one down, its just something you don't do every day and don't train for. so just normal in my book, plus I'm getting older cant do everything I could when I was in my twenty's.

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hutch123

One year today and 7 stents. I still get pain, if I over stretch my chest or lift something heavy. Feels like stretched muscle.

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DavidG1971 in reply tohutch123

That’s more or less it. You have a view on what that pain is? It’s not being out of breath ....so guess it’s not the heart under stress?

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