Recent content by Cormac_1989

Thanks again for the above mate, some good reading for me to do. I’ll defo aim to keep INR at 2.5 rather than the lower end recommended / marketed by doctor/On-x. Take care

Hey man, thanks for sharing. Great to hear your back to work now and all. Even heading back to BJJ is nice. I see another poster here is into it. I’ve been following MMA since 2005. Sounds like you also had a tough time in hospital man, I thought 3 weeks was bad! I was same as you, mad to get...

Hi Thomas , absolutely love seeing posts like this , thanks so much for sharing. If I can get through the next 35 years like the above I’ll be very happy. Great to hear, take care.

Hey mate, yeah really is. Glad it went well for you. How are you coping since with it all? What surgeon did your valve.

Hi Dick, great post thanks for sharing. And love seeing your story below, done in 1967 and still going strong, incredible. Gives me hope! Also nice to see people encouraging others to live a normal life, I almost had myself wrapped in bubble wrap mentally. I am taking the warfarin seriously...

@pellicle Hi mate, thanks for the detailed and helpful response. I have seen a lot of your posts so glad you took the time to respond. I will have to ask the doctor/surgeon was the pericarditis bacterial, i don't remember them advising on same. But feeling a lot better now and all those...

Thanks for that lovely detailed post. Yeah i just think back to all the worry i had last year and not knowing anyone who had been through the surgery didn't help me. So I can see how this site if found pre op will be a great help to others. Even post op it is great for people like me as the...

Hi Adam, I am late to this post but just wanted to check in and see how you were doing. My HR was very high in hospital post OHS in Dec but was due to pericarditis and pericardial effusion. It was prob 80-90 BPM when leaving and is now approx 60 BPM so hopefully yours has settled down. I am on...

Hi All, Just wanted to do an intro post in case somebody might find it useful. Or somebody might be able to offer advice to me. I have already found this website super helpful and inspiring to be honest. Can see myself getting great use from the threads here as there is some great info being...

Hey Buddy, delighted your surgery went well and you are out Running. I had my operation done Dec 7th 2022, AVR. I am 33 year old male. I got an on-x valve. I am taking Warfarin, Aspirin (75mg), Bisoprolol (Beta Blocker 3.75mg) and Colchicine (Used to treat Pericarditis specifically, I developed...

Hey Buddy, I hope your surgery goes well. I would not worry too much about weight or warfarin. I was overweight before my AVR surgery in Dec 2022. Not by much, I was 106 Kilo / 16.5 Stone / 231.5 Lbs and 6ft 4 tall. I did drop down from 127 Kilo / 20 Stone / 280lbs the year before so that was...

Hi Mr Charles, Hope you are well. Firstly i want to say it is normal to worry. I am 33 and hard my aortic valve replaced in December last year. I was diagnosed with Bicuspid valve in Jan 2021. It is safe to say i worried a lot too. Easier said then done but there is no point in worrying, but if...