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alex c.
Hi everyone, just wanted to let you know all went well and I was discharged yesterday. Just need to get some rest now, so I will post later on and tell everyone my story and thoughts.
Thanks,
Alex
Thanks,
Alex
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Nan
Glad everything went well for you. Looking forward to hearing more details when you are up to it.
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CathyK.
Alex - Glad to hear you are home!! Get some rest and let us know later how things went and how you are doing!! Sleep well!
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Phyllis
So glad you are home, Alex. Rest well and get back to us when you feel up to it.
Alex, so glad things went well for you. Looking forward to hearing more when you are up to it. 
elliottj
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Great news Alex, take care and hope to talk to you soon.
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pipersmith
Awesome news!! looking forward continued success - take care!!
StretchL
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Welcome Back!!!
Welcome Back!!!
Should be a wonderful thanksgiving for you and yours! Mebbe they'll let you do the sternotomy on the turkey...
Welcome Back!!!
Should be a wonderful thanksgiving for you and yours! Mebbe they'll let you do the sternotomy on the turkey...
Aussie Chris
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Great news! Enjoy the rest, and all the best for your recovery.
kodi
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Glad you are back and progressing well.
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AlonnolA
Welcome to the other side! Glad things went well!
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alex c.
Thank you all so much! Yes, I truely am "on the other side" now . WOW! What an experience! Especially for someone who has never had a stay in the hospital. I am sure glad to get out of there. It was so hard to rest. No sleep, and people constantly walking in/out. The pain killers worked great, but gave me horrible nausea and nightmares. I stopped taking them on Mon, and the pain is pretty much all gone now. The surgeon said surgery took him longer than expected and I really made him work for his money because my chest was so dense from weightlifting and was also hard to keep open . I have gone twice to the lab to get bloodwork done. The first day my INR was 1.8 on 81mg of aspirin and 1.25 of coumadin, so they increased my coumadin to 2.5. The second lab result was a 3.0 INR. They want me at 2.5-3.5, so I am now taking 2.5mg's twice a wk and 1.25 5 days. I have to get blood work AGAIN on Mon. right before I meet my surgeons nurse. Oh, and my surgeon DID say he was quite impressed with the On-x valve and will begin using them in more of his patients . Everything is well aside from me getting used to the noise of my valves. They are pretty loud. I can actually hear them on ocassion while sitting here at my desk and at night they are even louder. I hope I get used to them soon.
. WOW! What an experience! Especially for someone who has never had a stay in the hospital. I am sure glad to get out of there. It was so hard to rest. No sleep, and people constantly walking in/out. The pain killers worked great, but gave me horrible nausea and nightmares. I stopped taking them on Mon, and the pain is pretty much all gone now. The surgeon said surgery took him longer than expected and I really made him work for his money because my chest was so dense from weightlifting and was also hard to keep open . I have gone twice to the lab to get bloodwork done. The first day my INR was 1.8 on 81mg of aspirin and 1.25 of coumadin, so they increased my coumadin to 2.5. The second lab result was a 3.0 INR. They want me at 2.5-3.5, so I am now taking 2.5mg's twice a wk and 1.25 5 days. I have to get blood work AGAIN on Mon. right before I meet my surgeons nurse. Oh, and my surgeon DID say he was quite impressed with the On-x valve and will begin using them in more of his patients . Everything is well aside from me getting used to the noise of my valves. They are pretty loud. I can actually hear them on ocassion while sitting here at my desk and at night they are even louder. I hope I get used to them soon.
