Angina, red wine

[LEMCON]

Apologises, I seem to be asking umpteen questions!Recently diagnosed with small vessel disease/angina, it is Saturday night , I am enjoying a few glasses of red wine, with my husband at home.I find myself worrying about this. How have others coped, stopped drinking all together?

[stevejb1810]

Moderation in all things. I have never been told to stop drinking, not that I am or have ever been a big drinker in any way. Just enjoy your wine and relax.

[Milkfairy Heart Star]

Brangwyn have you been diagnosed with microvascular angina?

This is the term now more often used to describe small vessel disease.

I live with both MVA and Vasospastic angina.

I enjoy a glass of wine.

I have never been told not to drink alcohol either.

Isn't wine part of the Mediterranean diet 😉

[MichaelJH Heart Star]

I spoke to my cardiac surgeon about this. It depends very much on a person's specific heart condition and medication. His view was that it was not an issue if I stayed within the guidelines. He the added "As you cannot drink much make it a decent wine" so no £4.99 bottles for me!

Note: Before somebody says I have double standards where I advise no or minimal alcohol is for conditions like AF where it is often a trigger and myopathy where it worsens the condition.

[Andyman]

First you have to honest with yourself. How big is the glass. How many is a few If you have one can you stop yourself having another. With the third I had to say I had to have several. So I stopped drinking altogether. This worked for me. Several years later I can now have one drink and not have to have more. I don't drink now though. Feel better for it. Just my experience.