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Still getting Angina?

agentsl9
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So, I'm the fool who thought soccer would be a good idea 7 months after surgery. Had to stop because the angina was just too great.

My question to you all is, does anyone else experience any (slight to holy cow!) angina pain even after surgery? I occassionally do during exercise but not to the level it was before. Except of course, when I played soccer.

I can do elliptical trainers with no pain and I can play racquetball with slight pain. Anyone else still have pain?

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Exercise Surgery Angina Pain

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kingrex

I'm curious what your cardiologist thinks! I'm under the impression that no angina is benign.


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celeritas

No holy cows of the angina variety. I'm with Rex on this one, what's your cardio say?

agentsl9

From what I've read, bypass can cure or lessen angina. I've talked with my cardiologist about this and he told me that because of the nature of my bypass it's possible to get angina when I do extreme exercise.

My bypass is on the LAD right before the first bifurcation. That means my blood flow goes through the graft and then has to go back up my vein and around to the the other side of the LAD. During normal, or gradual, exercise it's not a problem because the heart oxygenates gradually. But, during soccer when there is a sudden and drastic need for oxygen the bypass can't keep up. At least, that's how he's explained why I can do 150 beats per minute on the elliptical trainer without any pain and play racquetball with no to mild pain (mild when I hit 170 bpm). Wearing a heart monitor I've noticed that my rate during soccer can go from 110 to 178 in a matter of seconds when I have to spring and that's when I have the pain. So, his explanation seems to make sense.

I'm just curious as to if anyone else has any angina pain whatsoever.

Oh, and remember that I'm only 39 so I tend to want to exercise quite strenuously.

celeritas

Excellent explanation, that helps me understand... I don't experience angina, or pain (per se), but I do experience sudden peek heart rate and near gasping for breath when I add a new exercise, or put a sudden demand on my heart. For me, I've learned the hard-way to ease into these things rather than go extreme in a rush of over confidence.

I finally have enough experience now to admit that I do not understand this body. Clueless. Often it just doesn't feel like "me." It's not the same body I spent all the years of my life doing anything, anywhere, anytime and to any extreme I pleased.

I look forward to and I am working for that time I've heard so much about when I too can say "I feel better and with more energy now than ever before." That's a total guarantee for CABG patch kids, right?

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