5 weeks in

[Brilliam]

Five weeks in since my HA and stent. Feeling great but legs burning after my walks and fatigued a lot. Is this normal?

[pinnelli]

Hi, I'm a year in now & fatigue is pretty normal. I don't know know your background / circumstances but I was very fit & still was hit by fatigue.

The bata blockers don't help & nor do the statins. It's gets better though. Saying that I still get fatigued out the blue and in fact only saw my cardiologist yesterday who will further reduce my beta blocker.

Good luck, take care and look after yourself.

[Markl60]

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[sca2013 in reply to Markl60]

AWESOME! This is critical information for doctors too. Definitely blows the whole statin/Cholesterol misinformation frenzy apart! Too bad very very few of them would even be open to checking this out. More of a head in the sand attitude "Don't confuse me with the facts, my mind is made up".

[pinnelli in reply to sca2013]

Agreed, you need some cholesterol, my level was 4.6 before HA, now it's 2.5. My wife says I look anorexic! Yet I eat well, healthily as ever. No wonder fatigue gets me, I have no fuel in tank! At least cardiologist agreed to reduce statin, GP refuses. Tho cardiologist has said in past there are side benifits re keeping plagues supple

[emerich]

Hi Brilliam

It's very early days for you and I think it's normal to feel like that as your heart recovers. It's good you're feeling so well otherwise.

I had my heart attack and first stent 3 years ago, followed by a 2nd stent a few months later. I eventually, very recently, realised I was very fatigued about an hour after taking my meds (ramapril,fenofibrate,aspirin and bisoprolol). I asked my cardiac nurse about taking these at night and she said no problem, also commented that a new train of thought is ramapril and similar should be taken at night. This was about 6 weeks ago and it's the best thing I could have done. Although I still often feel tired generally, no more severe fatigue that only improved after a sleep/lie down around lunchtime. Also the added bonus of getting to sleep at night, which has always been a struggle.

The day I made the switch meant I was about 12 hours without the effect of any meds and I felt so energetic, back to how I was before the heart attack. I found this very reassuring because I thought the constant lack of energy was a sign that all was not as it should be.

Obviously this shouldn't be done without consulting your gp first, but it certainly worked for me.

[Brilliam]

Thank you every one. Early days, but very reassuring.