yes i have 11 stents and i have a history of heat problems on booth sides of my family but the last stent was placed in me on 01/02/2011 every since then i have had chest pains and pain and numnies in my left arm and leg and some times my left leg will drag ialso get cramps and discomfort at nighe when i go to bed i am curently taken effient, vytorin, 325 bayer asprin and bystolic. and i have to take atleast one nitro a day to ease the pain and sometimes two my doctor told me to use the nitro as i needed but if three nitros did not ease the pain then come to the emergency room. the doctor explained that they have put so many stents in me that it is like a snow plow effect it blocks of a lot of little artires and that in time they would reroute them seleves but the pain and presser and shortness of breath has not gone away what do you recomend i dd
Hello, According to the history, you provide you should do a chest x-ray for evaluating your lungs too. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.