2 stents fitted only 49

[Kswiss]

Coming to terms with not every little ache is serious, not been in hospital before , 4 weeks since had them fitted (just at work load of pain rushed in hospital then straight to theater)

[SPV123]

Hi Mate, yes it comes as a shock to us all, I'm 55 and had 4 stents after a Heart Attack last August, doing fine now on the many Meds that they give you, and life is back to normal ish,

I attended my local Cardiac Rehab sessions, and I was surprised how many people who were clearly younger than me there, in my experience if you follow the Meds/ Diet guidelines recovery can happen quite quickly. Hope all goes ok for you.

[Kswiss in reply to SPV123]

Thank you yes recovery is going great back at work and going gym 10th of July had 2 stents fitted but think getting use to it in my head will take longer the realization your not invincible that's the hardest

[hutch123]

The hardest bit is coming to terms with heart disease and the realisation that you are not invincible. It all comes as a bit of a shock to find you thought you were in good health and then suddenly to have a dodgy ticker. Aged 51 and 4 stents first time around as an emergency and when they checked them some had failed and had another 3, so have scaffolding, lol. It does get better honestly, don't think about mine much now one year later but have been through being upset, angry, depressed, why me and now it's just part of me.

[MichaelJH Heart Star]

The youngest person I encountered with stents when I was attending clinics more regularly was 30! He did admit that it was somewhat of an own goal caused by a junk food diet. I did see somebody younger in the cardiac clinic but do not know what his problem was besides obesity!

Make the lifestyle changes, avoid negative stress, take the medication prescribed and should be fine!

[Gazza01]

Think you self lucky. I was riding my bike and suddenly passed out. Rushed in for open heart surgery. Now have a cow valve and got to have it all again in 8 years. My uncle had his first heart attack age 34. He had terribly bad cholesterol unknown to him. He eventually had 11 stents keeping him going by the time he died. That was last year age 80. With any heart work it's easy to become over sensitised to every twinge or ache. The trouble is if it gets you nervous that will release adrenalin which will either make you very anxious and panicky and/ or give you palpitations. It's not easy to stay calm. I had my hand on the phone ready to call an ambulance more than once when I get home from hospital. I think of it this way now. If someone stuck a needle in my leg muscle. There's a pretty good chance I would be getting pain and twinges for a good while afterwards. Your ticker is working better now too remember. And the added bonus is, that you will always have someone checking your heart from now on. Whereas most other people may be walking around with a time bomb in their chest and don't know about it. Give it time and you'll get over it. There is the trauma of it too remember, mentally and physically. Time really is a great healer though. Good luck, eat well and exercise when the time is right. For the rest of your life.