Recent content by bigsidster

excellent job---what diet plan did you use?

THAT my friend is nasty.If it were me the whole hospital and my personal doctor would hear about it.Mine was like a little scratch and a little higher on the leg.Yours looks to be infected or clotting.

I had a ST JUDES valve installed and had a tempoary card when I left the hospital.The permanent card came weeks later in the mail.

If you are having trouble producing a YAWN ,let me introduce you to my wife!!!!!!!

I have a St judes valve also and i can hear it sometimes quite load and other times not at all.If you hear it it means you are alive,be happy,dont worry.

Good for you BOB.My one year date was November 22 --2011 that just past.

I progressed from feeling tired in june 2010 to not being able to walk across the room without shortness of breath and angina by November 2010.Surgery performed November 22-2010.

Good to hear you are doing good.4 surgeries scares me.

It says in this article that INR levels tend to rise with diarrhea.-----http://www.theannals.com/content/33/3/301

Great job on losing weight bradvo---i was not as lucky----went from 220 down to 206 at surgery and climbed back to 225 all by myself.

Wow ---GOOD NEWS STEVE===WISH EVERYONE COULD SAIL THROUGH IT LIKE THAT.

Good luck jj

Home monitor Home monitor Here in Ontario, you can get the Coaguchek XS through your doc and a pharmacy. It would be shipped from Roche in Montreal to whichever pharmacy in your area that will provide the equipment and training. First step is get a prescription for it. Mine was $500.

I tested 5.4 on returning from vacation.Doc had me stop coumadin for 2 days and I resumed at 5.5mg and tested 1.4 .Doc then had me change dose to 4 mg for 2 days and tested 1.5 yesterday.I argued with doc and thought my dose should be 5.5mg but gave in and only took the 4mg.I eat a lot of greens...

Hello all Have not been around for a while.Was on vacation and my INR went from 2.4 to 5.4 and my doctor is freaking out.The increase is due to not eating greens and salads while on vacation in Europe.Doctor had me stop coumadin for 2 days and then i could not get a hold of doctor so I resumed...