Recent content by dornole

Oh man. Your surgeon has decided that you are impossible to deal with. OF COURSE he does not want to use a surgical technique that is wrong for you. Both because "Killing patients is bad" and "I'm the one dealing with a malpractice suit when this guy gets complications due to his demands."...

How are you managing your INR now- clinic, or self test and manage? I imagine that if clinic, you'll want to try to prearrange things in the UK so you don't have a gap in monitoring. Could your current providers help with that, doctor to doctor? Hopefully someone from the UK can weigh in as I...

Glad to hear everything went smoothly, Protime, and following it all with interest as I only recently started having arrhythmia - three times in the past week (5 straight hours last Tuesday then cardioversion, back on Friday for 4 hours before resolving on its own, 10 hours on Monday before...

Thanks for the info. Looks like I’ll get an echo, be on warfarin for a month, and then holter monitor to see if any events before they consider taking me off.

Thanks ej. How long did your a-fib episodes last before they self-corrected, if you don't mind sharing? Mine was about 2 hours (253 bpm atrial and 105 ventricular) before I got to the ER, and then probably another hour or two before they did the cardioversion. Now I have a nice rectangular...

So, a surprise detour this morning to the ER with irregular heartbeat around 185-200 bpm, where they found "atrial fibrillation with RVR (HC)," did a cardioversion which stopped the a-fib, and put me on Eliquis for a month. Following up with my regular cardiologist / valve guy on Friday. Not...

The repair pretty much gave you moderate stenosis then. Was that a known risk? I had the opposite- had severe mitral stenosis, ended up with moderate stenosis and moderate regurgitation. But having worsened regurgitation was basically guaranteed with the procedure I had (valvuloplasty).

At age 28 ? I’d say get a mechanical and come up with another cool and awesome dream. There are several warfarin warriors on here that do amazing things. Repeat surgery is no joke.

Well, I wouldn’t say they can “always” do valve in valve. But certainly at age 70 bio makes sense.

Wishing you a successful surgery and smooth recovery.

Wishing you a successful intervention and smooth recovery for all your different issues. Yeah unexpected to hear about the CABG but definitely prefer to learn about it this way rather than the heart attack way. Wishing you the best.

Oops, just saw that you do have surgery scheduled in two weeks so yeah it’s timely. Hope you get some practical ideas. Maybe you want to share your recovery plans with the group and see if anyone has anything to add.

I think you will find that you can be resourceful and manage, when you get to the point of surgery and recovery, newarrior. For example you have already had the taxi idea. For the doors, maybe you would need to wait for someone else to come along. Maybe you could stock up on groceries or get...

Great to hear you’re scheduled and in a good place mentally and emotionally. Wishing you a smooth and successful procedure and recovery.

Thanks for the pink noise idea, I had never heard of it. Praying right now that my son’s tinnitus is temporary. He said the pink noise helps somewhat.