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INCADAVE
Not sure where to start but here goes. Have been off work for about 6 years with
a serious back problem and the only relief i have found for that is to walk at
least 4 to 8 miles every day and that is hard walking.6 months ago i started
getting chest pains in the middle of the night and some pains in my arms and
these where accompanied by a lot of deep wind which relieved the pain. So i went
to see my gp and because i had 3 high risk factors ie.family history, smoker,
high blood pressure she sent me to hospital thinking it was only indigestion and
the A&E thought the same but the blood test came back saying i had a heart
attack.Within two weeks i had an inhouse tread mill and then sent off for an
angiogram and then kept in there so they could perform angioplasty and inserted
6 stents inside me, and i didn't feel any different from the day i went in until
a few weeks ago when i started getting chest pains again when i push hard up
hill when i am walking. And this is some one who walked the inca trail 4 years
ago and climbed snowden last year. All i can say to help anyone is to exercise
and don't smoke as the exercise saved my life as my heart could cope without
much oxygen even though i did smoke at the time. I think i will need more
surgery but until i go back for tests next week i am only guessing.
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