post stent symptoms

[clev]

I went in to the ER a few weeks ago with some slight pressure in my chest.  EKG normal, blood pressure slightly elevated, chest xray normal, enzymes normal.  They decided to do a stress test to check if that showed anything.  In the ER they had put me on nitro to see if that helped.  When they took me off the nitro to do the test.the pressure came back.  So they decided to do a heart cath instead.  The right artery was 80% blocked, so they put 3 stents in to open it back up.  I had some slight discomfort the next day, a soreness in my chest a would say the next day that I told the doctor about they assured me that everything looked great and that it should go away.   Went for my follow up still had the soreness that came on off.  The following week went to see my family doctor and told her about it.  She directed me back to my cardiologist.  He directed me back to the ER. So I just spent the night in the hospital.  All the test are coming back fine they cant't find anything wrong and they sent me home, and told me to follow up with my doctor.  

So the questions that they can't seem to answer are:

Do some people experience a soreness in the area that the stent was put in place?  Is it normal to have a healing so to speak in that area that needs to recover?  Will this feeling go away?

[agentsl9]

I had a stent put in on Nov. 6. I felt chest tightness and discomfort for a few days after that but it eventually went away. Now I have intermittent twinges and pains in my left breast. Doc told me it was nothing. Ended up in ER the other night because of them, full tests, no problems. They gave me a stress test and I passed with flying colors (I had an 80% blockage in my left anterior decending artery and couldn't exercise past 60% peak) hitting 90% of my peak capacity with no chest pain.

What I'm saying is, I too have weird pains, but nothing like I was having before. I think it's somewhat normal for folks in our situation to be super focused on our chest and heart after having a stent placed. If you're ever truly concerned, go to the ER. My doc said any failure of my stent would be more than noticeable because of where it was placed (he said, "Catastrophic", cheery.) Yours may be a different situation. Ask lots of questions and demand answers. I hear from others that have stents that "things" get bettter the further you get from the day you got one. Hold on, i'm right there with you.