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    Drinking alcohol on warfarin

    Sit down with an empty sheet of legal sized paper and a pencil - on the left side of the sheet start writing all of the reasons that you should not drink alcohol (there are at least 10...). Then on the right side, list the reasons you should drink alcohol - not very many. A radical...
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    Lifting weights

    Hey - to suggest you are better off dead is a very sad way to feel. Look for an alternative activity or activities. Change your mindset - try biking for an adrenaline rush.
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    INR has been 1.77 for two weeks...

    Hello Everybody, I am not sure why some of us have difficulty walking away from alcohol when it causes so many life threatening problems - just do it...
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    16 Days Out And Getting Scared...

    Hi - 32 days after MVR and all is going well so far. No issues with the prior prostatectomy done last November. Good luck with AS for the prostate - wish younwell. Mike
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    Cyborg in training

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    Do you take amoxicillin @ dental visit?

    I have a long overdue routine follow up colonoscopy I need to schedule. It has moved out three times due to: prostatectomy, COVID-19 resource issues, and mitral valve repair. Cardiologist says OK to do in3 months. Anybody else have any special prep or problems doing one?
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    Do you take amoxicillin @ dental visit?

    At my 2 week follow up with cardiologist yesterday after MVR on the 7th, he told me 2,000 mg of Amoxicillin prior to cleaning scheduled in two months is a must.
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    1 Day After And Doing Ok

    All my drips and lines and hoses have been disconnected. They pulled out what seemed like 25 feet of chest drainage tubing. That went OK. Just got moved to a step down room from the ICU. Two days here and then home. My room in the ICU was directly across from the nurse’s station. I...
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    1 Day After And Doing Ok

    Hello Everybody, Got out of surgery at 12:30 pm yesterday, and just got out of bed for the 1st time at 1:00 pm today. Not feeling too bad. My throat was not bothered by the ventilator too much - happy about that. The drainage tubes placed in each lung and the heart surgical area are painful...
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    16 Days Out And Getting Scared...

    Hi! I will try my best to avoid an infection. I don't have a prostate anymore... and don't usually have a problem with tight bowels. However, I will be on the "look out" for them thanks to your warning.
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    16 Days Out And Getting Scared...

    Hi All, My first post was titled "16 Days Out And Getting Scared". Now it is 3 days out and I am scared...haha, just kidding. All of you have made me feel a lot better about the surgery.
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    16 Days Out And Getting Scared...

    Great - thank you!
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    16 Days Out And Getting Scared...

    Thank you!
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    16 Days Out And Getting Scared...

    Thanks!
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