last increase of meds today

[Jenzhearts]

so today my GP increased my bisoprolol to 10mg and said that’s as far as he can go and now we wait on cardiology.I have had an urgent referral to the chest pain clinic last Tuesday as my unstable Angina has increased.the doctor in A&E increased my Monoprilil XL to 60mg x2 and my GP said that’s quite a high dose.so please could I ask for info about the chest pain clinic my GP said they will get me doing exercises but I get pain when I walk and cardio rehab said they couldn’t let me excercise cos of unstable angina .Thanks in advance

[devonian186]

Has anyone suggested surgery of any description or do they hope it can be controlled by exercise and medication?

[Jenzhearts in reply to devonian186]

Surgery has been suggested before.I’m confused as the rapid pain clinic says it’s diagnosis angina but I already have a diagnosis of unstable angina xx

[devonian186 in reply to Jenzhearts]

The chest pain clinic should send notes to your GP.

That is an unsatisfactory outcome to date and you need to push to find out the next step. Unstable angina needs to be treated with respect. Has anyone suggested an angiogram or anything to test the current state of your arteries? What sort of surgery was suggested and what happened to the idea?

Please do push hard on this with your GP and the chest pain clinic.

[Jenzhearts]

I’m waiting for the chest pain clinic to give me an appointment.my GP said they will do a stress excercise test but with me having unstable angina I don’t like the sound of that! A by pass has been mentioned I had an angiogram but my veins are too small to be stented

[fishonabike]

has the cause of your unstable angina been investigated? i ask because MicroVascular Disorder and Coronary Vascular Spasm can be underlying causes of this. This has only recently been recognised and testing is not widely available

for more information on these see the International Heart Spasm Alliance website internationalheartspasmsall... and look for posts and comments by Milkfairy in this forum

[Jenzhearts]

thanks so much for the replies il look into the links you have provided