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Hi everyone, I had a HA in Dec 20 two stents fitted in left anterior descending artery. Now a cocktail of drugs to take every day for a year.

Decided to lose weight by eating a Mediterranean diet.

Good news

I have lost 1 stone in 5 months which is good.

Bad news

I have lost muscle mass in my chest which now means I have pains randomly across my chest as the muscles support my rib cage.

Doctor says this is common in weight loss and the body will re adjust but will take months to heal.

If I exercise my chest muscles it really hurts.

Anyone else have this problem?

Thanks

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Lad0820

I had one stent fitted in August 20 to my LAD artery, fortunately after pains rather than a HA. I had been losing weight before and after this and went down 3 stone in total. In Jan this year was ambulanced in following pains that were put down as muscular / skeletal. Since then I have been active and fine. Hope all goes well with you.....

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Walking_Cycling in reply to Lad0820

Thanks for sharing your story, that is very useful to know that I will recover.

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QuadroVEINia

Had 8 stents since 2012 and managed muscular pain across body including in chest due to statins, but have maintained good muscle shape due to fitness regime. Had bypass in November and lost all muscle mass in chest (expected), but expect to regain once I am able to fully return to exercise regime. I run a fitness group for heart patients and never heard anyone lose muscle mass from stents, but weight loss yes, you may want to talk to your GP further if you have ongoing concerns.

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