Recent content by Deidra

Definitely feeling this at the moment! Yeah it seems like a pretty typical complication post surgery. One of the docs even said he sees high heart rates and tachycardias more in young people who get the surgery.

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 to tighten and seal the wound as the tubes came out, but I wouldn't say that pain was worse than a 3 for me.

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 back to the ER. They said it wasnt actually afib or atrial flutter but just a generic "atrial tachycardia". Either way, nothing consistently worked to stop it so...

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 me taking 2.5mg to see if that will maintain it :)

Hmm, yeah fair. Getting my own monitor? But I'm sure I can ask my cardiologist about that next week. No I do have them, warfarin and other stuff. Doesn't include aspirin.

Mostly like, should I push for anything here? Should I follow their advice no matter what (within reason)? And should I maybe grab some aspirin just to be safe?

L Lol yeahhh. Well, I'm going home and getting my INR checked tomorrow at a clinic, so it should be ok. Probably just overthinking it a bit.

Hey all! I just had my aortic valve and root replaced with an On-X mechanical prosthesis on May 8th. My INR was hanging around 1.3 while I was on a 2.5mg dose for 3 days after I got out of the ICU. (Obviously they've had me on heparin shots since the surgery.) They finally bumped the Warfarin...

Day 4, almost slept through the night, with a few hour gap in between. Still no sign of INR going up much so hopefully that improves soon. Still moving more and everything, hopefully going to take my first shower today. Going to get my partner to pick up some food from outside cause the food...

Update, on heparin in the hospital trying to get my INR past 2. Still doing ok, trying to walk more, got my chest tubes taken out today. Trying to eat more as well. Had a decent day overall! Lots of insulin checks

Hey all! Woke up evening on Wednesday after a routine and successful surgeey. That day went ok but I didnt sleep a lot. The day after, i was very sleepy and having trouble eating and moving. Today I slept a lot more and I feel better, everythings looking normal and most of the wires are...

Yeah for sure. Totally fine by me though, I'm more than happy to wait so other people can have their lives potentially saved. I'm probably near the bottom of the list in terms of how risky it is to delay my surgery lol

Just a little update: I was scheduled to arrive at 6am for my surgery but when I did they said an emergency had just came in that needed life saving cardiac surgery! So I'm to report back in 5 hours. No worries from me, I live 10 minutes away and I can sleep some more lol Update update: The...

Hey congrats on making it through!!! Mine got moved to Monday morning so I'll be joining the club soon. Wishing you a speedy and smooth recovery <33

Seems like a good call :) I'm also getting my on-x this weekend. Best of luck to both of us.