Heart Disease medication Side effects?

[Hjb83]

Good morning all,

I have a couple of questions and hoped you guys might have some reassuring answers.

I am three months on from my HA and generally feeling quite well and happy to be here! I have a few niggling issues and think I will speak to GP about them but thought I’d ask you guys if you have had any experience with similar issues before opening a can of worms(or worry)

I have been as active as I can be rehab, classes and walking loads but notice my legs ache I describe it as having flu aches but no flu. It tends to be worse if I’ve sat down for a while or getting up in the morning and it takes a while to ease. I thought it was from inactivity to doing exercising more but it doesn’t seem to be going. I know statins can cause this but it does cause anxiety thinking about messing with my medication again!

The other thing I have going on is numbness in my right hand and wrist. Like pins and needles this happens regularly and I can’t see a pattern for it.

The last thing which doesn’t seem to be easing and I have mentioned this to my GP is the muscle pain in my left arm, the place I had pain during my HA I can put my fingers on the pain and feel exact place it hurts. Did anybody else experience this and does it go away eventually as my GP suggests?

Thanks for listening to my Monday moans. 🤦‍♀️

[Happyrosie]

congratulations on getting better! As far as numbness in arm goes, I had this on and off from my mid-thirties and it was a slight narrowing of disks in upper back - osteopath sorted this, and I have a few sessions with him or her every few years.

Legs - were you a smoker? There’s a thing called intermittent claudication, look it up on NHS website. But far more likely is just muscle ache from walking!

[Hjb83 in reply to Happyrosie]

Thanks for your advice, the pain and pins and needles in both arms are just since my HA in August so I guessed it was somehow related but now I think everything is because of my heart🤣🤷‍♀️ I did smoke occasionally socially before my event and have since stopped altogether. I thought like you it could be from exercise too but I would have expected it to be used to it by now and to feel the same in my arms. I’ll have a look at that thank you ☺️ x