Heart Surgery Or Stents? The Big Question

Hi folks, I am delighted to be able to join this group and it is so helpful. I seek a few andswers some of you may know the answer to. Here goes...

I suffered a heart attack(STEMI) 5 years ago whilst clearing snow and was taken to hosp and fitted with a stent. The pain releif was immediate and I had no problems after that for 5 years...then all of a sudden I felt dizzy and disorientated whilst standing up talking to my wife and my heart was pounding! Ambulance came, A&E showed raised Protonin levels and I was angiogrammed next day and a second sten in artery number 2.

History repeated itself a year later and stent 3 was put in another vessel.

Since the insertion of the 3rd stent I seemd to have developed frequent unstable angina out of the blue!

My attacks are no daily and more common throughout the day. Again into angio for an angiogramme, nothing untoward noted. Diagnosed with unstable angina (what a surprise).

Here's the question at last that I need answers to from you folks.

I am 57, slim, non skoker for 8 years. I changed my whole diet but in fairness I could do more excercise BUT suffer from mild anxiety attacks I control menatlly... so no biggie.

I am now scared of having another 'episode' requiring a stent which seems inevitable. It seems to be just a quaetion of time. I am now more breathless even after short walks and mild excercise... yet they say my stents are patent.

Q: If I ask for and get a Bypass and triple bypass at that- will the unstable angine be history and set me back onto a steady life with job prospects- I currently lost my job but have not yet claimed benefits in UK.... since my wife works I would get very little.

I look forward to hearing some thoughs here. Thanks in advance.

Jon

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