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March
21,
2011 -- 4:40pm EDT
 Heart Stent Success Stories
I just wanted
to share a patient's posting from earlier today on Angioplasty.Org's
Patient Forum
Topic titled, "Exercise,
Sport, Physical Activity After Stent":
It's great to hear of everyone's victories
recovery-wise, both major and minor. I had 3 coronary stents
in Nov 2010 during 3 separate procedures and the cardio told
me exercise as I wish... So, 2 10km running races and a half-marathon
completed since the stents went in, and I'm now training for
triathlons! I quit smoking and have lost over 10kgs and workout
about an hour each day. I tell you all this because I'm so
impressed by the medical intervention and how it can turn around
our lives... The angina before I was diagnosed was agonising
and I couldn't even walk 100 metres! Anyway, for the future
I'm hoping to regain my professional pilot medical and be back
to flying in about 3 months. Best of luck to everyone undergoing
angio and stenting! -- David J.
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I've written about this before --
that our Forum often winds up serving as a kind of "complaint
department" for people having problems after stents, angioplasty,
angiograms, etc. And these types of posts
are important because they allow patients to share stories
and discover they are not alone with these issues. (Indeed, Angioplasty.Org's
Forum Topics currently get over 30,000 views a month.)
So it is always great to read posts like David's to remember
that these medical procedures "can turn around our lives...".
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