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Wow! thank you all! :) I had a very nice day and I ate alot of cake :D The weather is as cold as you would expect though ;) Cheers, Morten

Hi Snusmumriken! Good to see another "youngster" from Norway on the forum :cool: I saw your pm, and I'm happy to provide you with all the details regarding my experience when it comes to surgery, recovery and so on. I'm at work now, but I will write something down later tonight :) Best...

Hey Luke! Just wanted to say good luck on surgery june 6th! :) Oh, and I agree on the "young bucks" club aswell ;) Morten

Hi Dustin, Im taking Marevan/Warfarin. Is there anything else than warfarin one can take with a mechanical hearth valve? Now I got curious :) Morten

Maybe you are right and testing once a week is ok. After all, the strips are not on a prescription here in Norway, so they are really expensive :mad: I'll check back here with some results and my overall experience after a while Cheers everyone! Morten

Since surgery in 2006, ive been using 65mg per week. 2 months ago, the doctor changed it to 67,5mg per week because of some generally low values. (2,0-2.5) Im usually checked every 2 weeks, sometimes more often because my INR is out of range. The problem i've had is that the doctors office...

Thanks for all the good advice! And hello to a fellow scandinavian! :) Ross; we do have spinace leafs in the salad at the cafeteria at work. Could be the cause perhaps. I measured my INR on monday morning, and it was 3,2. On thursday morning, it was 2,4. All I did in between was to eat...

Thanks for the good Advice Ross :) Hmm, salads don't have that much effect you say. Interesting. When I think of it, it could have been the soy sauce from eating sushi two nights in a row... soy sauce has alot of vitamin K, correct?

Hey guys, This may be a silly question, but i'm gonna ask it anyway :) I have a question regarding vitamin K and its effects vs warfarin. I'm wondering how you guys control your vitamin K intake? In my case, it has had a huge effect if I ate salate for lunch three days in a row. Do you guys...

Thanks guys, AlCapshaw; The price converted in US$ is 1,371.75. This is based on todays currency. I was thinking about measuring my INR every day for a couple of weeks. I think it will help me understand a pattern when it comes to the INR dropping and increasing often. What do you guys think?

Thanks for the info Brendan. Lance; I've checked the site, and it says they are working actively to put patients in Norway on home monitoring, so thats good :) I visited Roche's office here in Oslo today, and ended up buying the Coagucheck XS! :) I'm looking forward to using it. Thanks for...

Thanks Lance, I will check this site out. But for your information, Norway is not part of EU :) We have been offered membership several times, but have always declined. I guess I will vote "YES to EU membership" next time if it gets my home monitoring expenses refunded, hehe :D By the way, I...

Ok, thanks for the replies :) I will try to contact these companies.

Hello everyone, I found this forum by accident a couple of weeks ago, and I think its a great resource of information! :) I am 25 years old, and had aortic valve replacement 2 years ago. Since surgery, my INR has been up and down like a rollercoaster. I'm not doing home monitoring today, but...

Hi Luke, I'm new here aswell! I found this forum yesterday, and I must say it's an exellent resource! :) Anyway, I'm 25 years old, and I got a mechanical st.jude valve at the age of 23. The reason i chose a mechanical valve was mainly because a pig valve only has a lifespan of about 10-15...