Chest pain & subsequent leg pain

[Benbobs]

in 2008 I was diagnosed with an ectopic heartbeat, and a leaky mitral valve. I was put on Bisoprolol and Ramipril. I have palpitations.

Life continued as normal including the gym and running.

I eventually stopped the gym and running due to joint problems.

In 2019 I was diagnosed with angina and given a spray which I hate as the head explosion can be worse than the symptoms.

A few months ago I had the most horrendous vice like pain accompanied by the worst ear ache in my right ear. It eventually stopped but when I took a deep breath I had pain in my lungs. I was in bed at the time. I got to see a GP as I thought I had pleurisy. I had antibiotics and after a few weeks I was OK.

However, I have been left with terrible pains in my right leg which do keep me awake.

I know it's easy to pin everything on the heart and heart drugs but has anybody else got experience of this.

Sorry for the long post.

[Heartfairy]

Hello Benbobs, sorry to hear of your situation, I don’t have experience of what you’re describing but if I did I would be keeping a diary of aches, pains, feelings and speak to your GP to get to the bottom of it all. Don’t ignore your symptoms- you know your body and if it’s not feeling right then speak to the medics asap. Good luck, I hope you get some answers and feel better soon ❤️

[Shrek1974]

Hello Benbobs,

Apologies for late response - I’ve only just read your post. I’ve been on Bisoprolol for over 4yrs now apart from a few months swap to another beta blocker that I didn’t get on with. The only side effect I’ve suffered is a prickly heat sensation when exercising but that passed after a month or so & a little fatigue. I can empathise with the leg pain - I would guess it’s joint related? My recent situation was, I was suffering similar until knee surgery in July - waiting now 6months before I decide whether to have a total knee replacement. The surgery has helped the pain which was right down my tibea & into my foot even at rest. I have only a tiny piece of cartilage left (on one side of my tibea) in my whole knee & had all 3 bones of the joint smoothed off so they run against each other better - they’ve already gone hard so wear isn’t the issue it would be with “normal” bone. The rough / damaged bone surfaces was causing the irritation & hence pain even at the good end of the bone where there was no trauma. That pain was incredible.

Best of luck getting your issues sorted. Stay strong. 💪

Steve

[Benbobs in reply to Shrek1974]

Thank you. Good luck with the knee surgery. Take care. Be strong x