Recent content by Jimmyk

Hopefully everyone is doing well. It’s been a long time since I’ve been on the site. I’ve been suffering with a bout of depression. I have been ever since my valve replacement in 2017. Health wise, I feel well. There is a CT scan coming up in a couple of weeks. About a year after my...

Hello everyone, It’s been a while since I’ve been here on the site. As of now everything is going well. Hopefully everyone is doing well also. One concern I have is that, having a mechanical aortic valve . Will this make someone more susceptible to Corona virus?

ROCHE supplied me with a machine though insurance, they now want it back. It’s the newer model, with all the bells and whistles. The xs has never failed!!

Pelicle, I have an XS machine..I once tested it and compared it to a blood test. I believe it was off.1 which in my opinion seems very accurate. I’m going back to the testing method that worked the best. I’ll use my own machine, buy strips and test once a week. I learned a lot from...

Pelicle, I have an XS machine..I once tested it and compared it to a blood test. I believe it was off.1 which in my opinion seems very accurate. I’m going back to the testing method that worked the best. I’ll use my own machine, buy strips and test once a week. I learned a lot from...

Today I spoke with a woman who works with the Coumadin Clinic that I used to go to. When the topic of home testing came up, the was totally against it. She told me that everything I use was off the black market. She asked about the calibration of my machine, possibly getting defective...

Thank you for the information Pellicle ! The next cardio appointment is February 4th. I'll have this printed to show him. Happy New Year!

First, I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! It's been a rough 2018! Hospital stays, losing my mom at Thanksgiving time, being out of work for almost a year, self paying my medical insurance because no work, no insurance , draining my retirement savings , and...

Good to know that their sending new ones out. On the message it said up to a month wait! That was fast?

I currently walk for excercise. My ascending thoracic aortic aneurism has not grown from the last time they checked. It’s 4.7 cm. Same as it was 6 months ago. Question, is it safe for me to lift weights? I used to bench press about 100 lbs or so. Walking alone doesn’t feel like I’m...

According to the recorded message, it says that new strips will be mailed to everyone affected. As for the box’s we purchased on eBay, I guess we’re out of luck there.

Should have wrote throw all my test strips in the garbage .& ROCHE will have a list of all lot numbers affected by the recall.

Ok, I recently started using ROCHE for a new machine and test strips . Today , I got a call to thrrow all my test strips in the garbage , there has been a recall. If you google it, ROCHE will have a list of all lot numbers affected. Be safe everyone!

Ok, I recently started using ROCHE for a new machine and test strips . Today , I got a call to through all my test strips in the garbage , there has been a recall. If you google it, ROCHE will have a list of all lot numbers. Be safe everyone!

ok , after a hospital stay in June of this year, I was told that an ascending thoracic aortic aneurysm , has grown from 4.2 cm to 4.7 in a years time.. Or since my AVR in June of 17. The doctors said they would monitor it and operate, if the size reaches 5.0 cm. Well this week, was my...