I was having chest pains in rest after waking up swollen!My brother has had stents put in on his angiogram .. I had the full by pass op .. it depends where and how bad your blockage is .. if you have a blockage at all... I had had a few heart attacks before my by pass op .. Do please call an ambulance if your chest pain gets worst .. (I had unstable angina, so got the chest pain when resting as well as on activity) don't do what I did and leave it .. now have a lot of damage to my heart .. but 25+ years on I am still here .. still just as ugly .. and since low carb.. in the best health I have been for many years.
hi @tigerlily72 .. First please do not get stressed about having a heart scan .. It is just like having a scan that they do to see baby in the mum .. as a strapping 6ft man I have had to cue up with a long line of pregnant ladies for my heart scan. Its not going to hurt .. may be a bit cold if no-one warms up the gel the put on your chest for the scanner head to run smoothly over.
A heart murmur is just saying your heart is making a little noise .. this could be caused by so many things .. so at this stage please don't worry .. I often do have a murmur .. then I don't ... The sooner you find out what is causing it .. the sooner you can get it sorted..
Thanks for the tag @Diakat yes I do have heart problems LOL
Your friend is very silly .. I got all my heart problems when I was slim and very active .. as my heart problems progressed and I ate to the gov advice for healthy eating .. my weight increased .. I was told this increase in weight was due to my heart failure .. then got T2 that I think was due heart to the medication I was on .. so I had nothing to loose by going against the advice of my medics and started LCHF .. It has saved my life.. three years or so back I was offered palliative care .. now my heart nurse says 'get out of here .. your not possible ... wheres my heart failure gentleman with T2 ... cause it isn't you LOL'You guys and girls have really helped me. Sadly, at a time when my longest and oldest friend hasn't spoken to me in months. She has now told me (non verbally via an e-mail) that my weight is mainly to blame for all my health issues. Not only has she upset me, she is also ignorant to the fact that you don't just get diabetes as you're fat/overweight. So many other factors may contribute towards it and both mine and my husband's mother and their mothers were / had type 2.
Your friend is very silly .. I got all my heart problems when I was slim and very active .. as my heart problems progressed and I ate to the gov advice for healthy eating .. my weight increased .. I was told this increase in weight was due to my heart failure .. then got T2 that I think was due heart to the medication I was on .. so I had nothing to loose by going against the advice of my medics and started LCHF .. It has saved my life.. three years or so back I was offered palliative care .. now my heart nurse says 'get out of here .. your not possible ... wheres my heart failure gentleman with T2 ... cause it isn't you LOL'
Don't let your silly friend upset you .. We are here for you ..
We are definitely here for you @tigerlily72 .
I'm just thankful I'm not around smokers right now. Struggling to breath without all that.
My best friend is struggling too but I have to concentrate on getting better first. Then I'll educate her.
She has a lovely heart but very neive. She is like a sister. She isn't going anywhere luckily so hopefully time can be spent explaining everything. They are worth it.
I'd want her to do that for me!
In the meanwhile we are here. Message me anytime.
Ironic on valentines day. At least you won't forget the day you had it done on!Evening All
After what seemed like a large part of my morning listening to an answer phone, I finally spoke to a person and have an appointment for my echocardiogram on . . . what for it . . . Valentine's Day! I got referred to a surgery/clinic with the shortest wait, otherwise it could have been 7wks+. Not long to wait which is good. And my blood pressure seems to be reducing now my BP meds have been doubled - tonight's reading was 143/89 so down considerably from the 175/109 when the Dr took it last week. Hope it continues to come down within "normal" range
Ironic on valentines day. At least you won't forget the day you had it done on!
How are you feeling today?
Hi @tigerlily72 . Echocardiogram went well. Cardio chap asked if I'd been asked to have a myocardial perfusion scan? I said no mention, just angiogram appointment with the possibilities of stents. So not sure if that is his recommendation to test me in exercise. I'll see what happens after angiogram on tuesday (31st jan) which appointment arrived after no kidney issues in last blood test. I hope I won't need both but I'm no expert.
How are you @connie104 ?
How good are you on your feet? Are you able to walk much? I highly recommend walking to bring down cholesterol.Hallo @ ickihun thank you for asking how I'm doing .
Since I've been diet controlled ditching the medication things are going well and no difference in blood levels still mostly in the 5,s with the odd 6 now and again so all good and last blood test came in at 37 . Next test 31st Jan so not long to wait .
Since I've taken up the LCHF way of eating i feel so much healthier but cholesterol gone up to 7.1 so trying to cut back on fat as refuse to take statins after trying 3 different ones and terrible muscle ache with all of them.
Hope you finally get your problems sorted, constant pain is a nightmare I suffered terribly waiting to get my hip replacement ending up addicted to opioid pain killers!! That was 2 years ago now but a bad time ! Let's hope you get sorted soon x
How good are you on your feet? Are you able to walk much? I highly recommend walking to bring down cholesterol.
I know maybe not so possible if having heart problems. I try and get out everyday, even just for 5mins. Getting my circulation going. So many hospital appointments lately and a 3yr old and 9yr old to entertain it does help keeping my total cholesterol to 4.4 max. I've never suffered with high cholesterol so really not sure why I might have a blockage. Although diabetics can get hardening of the arteries. God knows how that can be fixed? That's a lot of meters of arteries affected. I think by-passes become common too?
Echocardiogram is painless. I have a angiogram tuesday with dye not balloon or stents. Just investigatory. I'm still worried thou. I guess I wouldn't be human if I didn't worry about procedures. You too.Really pleased your echocardiogram went well. I'm trying to "forget" about mine and not worry. I've had the confirmation letter through from the cardiology dept now comprehensively telling me what happens and how to prepare for it etc. Blood pressure has been a bit up and down, but I forgot to take my meds Thurs morning - stupid me! My so called friend has still not phoned. She's already put so much distance between us that I don't know what will happen. Fingers crossed for you. At least on here people understand and care as we're going through and experiencing similar things. x
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