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Chest pain, not enough exercise?

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Just over 7 month since my HA/stents and chest pain still with me intermittenly during the day, which goes when I breath deeply. I am walking 2km/day in the morning, around our little lake (5-6 circuits), but only a little other exercise and wonder if I should be doing more. It is pretty hot here, so motivation is hard, instead I spend too much of time sitting on the sofa, afterwhich I get the twinges.

Bought some 2kg dumbells today and an exercise mat.

I am 68 now, without much energy (very low cholesterol + tropical climate) and wonder what level of exercise I should be looking at and some motivation ideas, tips, method, anything to get me going and lose this cheast/heart pain?

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Dolphin14

I'm thinking maybe the md can help you decide how much to push yourself.

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Khonkaen in reply to Dolphin14

No doctor here to be of any helphelp. I have a swimming pool, just haven't cleaned and filled it yet. Still have this head cold/flu, so the cold water probably wouldn't do me any favours with that.

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Dolphin14 in reply to Khonkaen

Take care of that cold

Have to tried a bit of swimming, just thinking if it’s hot, humid etc maybe its another form of quality cardiovascular exercise that keeps you cool in the heat.

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You really need to get yourself checked out by a decent cardiolgist. It sounds like you have angina but if it occurs at rest it is becoming unstable. An exercise ECG may be appropriate. In view of this I feel it inappropriate to comment on any additional exercise.

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Khonkaen

I am wondering what causes these twinges, as I am pretty sure it is not angina and I am sure everyone has them, I have lots of symptoms but everything is slight.

I have been told that at 7 months the body is stil adjusting, but not sure what exactly is adjusting after 7 months. The growth over stent was surely completed months ago.

I have heard of other come off blood thinners after 6 months, but my Thai cardio said definately not.

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Judy2208

If you have not had any cardiovascular exercise classes you may need to ask Dr to enrol you in classes when exercise you should do twenty minutes warm up ie walking slow marching on the spot all leg exercise to pump blood to heart I was informed not to swim for at least six months also not to do weights for same amount of time

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Khonkaen

Sorry, I don't have that option where I live, so I walk about 2km in the morning, I try to do something of a workout like youtube.com/watch?v=O5YX5xg... and then use a couple 2kg dumbbells throughout the day.

When my cold clears up we will clean out the pool, fill it up and use it, ii is 8m x 4m so ideals for exercise and it is cool for this climate. A bit cold when you first get in during winter time.

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