Deidra

Hi All, Just an update on my surgery, which was postoned as it was due on April 4th 2024 however due to a bad lung infection I was...

Congratulations on the successful surgery!! I’m two months post op now. Just take everything one day at a time. Some days you’ll wish...

When my central line was being removed, the nurse told me to hum, and that seemed to help. My chest tube and drain tube didn't hurt too...

Not really "painful" so much as unpleasant... mostly 'cuz it just feels really strange and wrong. I felt it rubbing against muscles up...

Definitely feeling this at the moment! Yeah it seems like a pretty typical complication post surgery. One of the docs even said he sees...

I was once told “Your heart is gonna be like a 14 year old in puberty. All over the place for a while.” I’m 6 months post and it’s...

Woo Hoooo!! Outstanding! The two biggest things they told me was: 1. Do your breathing exercises. 2. If you feel like you can get up...

No, the tubes themselves just feel really really weird, but they dont hurt coming out. What did hurt were the sutures that were set up...

By the way... Was removal of the tubes any painful? I hear different stories on that.

Hey all, another update: I got discharged on Tuesday but had some tachycardia issues at home (heart rate stuck at 160+) so had to go...

Thanks for all the info everyone, appreciate you. I took 3.75mg yesterday and my INR today is 2.39! So that's great. Now they just want...

Thanks for the update Deidra. I'm glad to see that they were agressive in adjusting you from 2.5mg to 5mg. Too often, it seems, they...

Its a good time to mention others https://www.valvereplacement.org/threads/how-scared-should-i-be.888016/ PS: since we're talking...

I also recall being discharged after surgery my INR being under 2.0, think it was like 1.6 or 1.8 and it took a few days to a week or so...