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Hello Boomanchu, Yes, I had endocarditis, which was the cause of my valve replacement. In my case, the bacteria also got into my leg, causing a mycotic aneurism that blocked blood flow to my lower leg and foot. During recovery my heart felt fine, but my foot was hurting badly and I couldn't...

Hi Pellicle, Many other papers I found indicated that the average daily maintenance dose was around 5mg/day, with typical ranges of 2 to 10 mg. One other paper: www.bloodjournal.org/content/106/7/2329.full.pdf "The impact of CYP2C9 and VKORC1 genetic polymorphism and patient...

Hi All, I just thought I would throw some possibly useful information into the record. It might help future members as well as answer some of the questions that have been asked recently in this thread (and others). When I first got my mechanical valve, it took me a long time to get my INR in...

I started taking low does K2 (MK-7) back in the summer of 2012. My reason for trying this supplement had nothing to do with calcium-related osteoporosis and atherosclerosis, but rather to help stabilize the high variations in my INR week to week. See my prior posts on this forum, particularly my...

Hi Bina (and Pellicle), I remember some Loony Toons cartoon character from my youth saying: "I've been a baaaaaaaaaaaaad boy" and was hoping to find a clip of that to post in reply, but sadly I can't find it even after much googling. I do have on hand some Lovenox from when I bridged for a...

. Hi Freddie, In my case, I see results of a dosage change much sooner - usually within one day. As the results I first posted above show, in only 2 days I have dropped from INR of 2.8 to INR of 1.5 (between Sat morning and Mon evening). I suspect (although this is just my personal theory - not...

I have on rare occasions missed taking my warfarin for one day. Typically, when I realize this, I just pick up and take my normal dose and get on with things. Normally I take my warfarin in the evening with dinner. Once or twice I took an extra half dose the next morning after resuming my normal...

This is not correct, and it is dangerous to let people on warfarin think that K2 will not affect their INR. Please read my posts in this older thread from about a year ago: http://www.valvereplacement.org/foru...amin-k-tablets I give links to some medical journal papers, including several which...

Hello Anne, I myself have such benign "extra heart beats", and I have been experiencing them off and on ever since my OHS over 3.5 years ago. I honestly don't know if I was having them prior to my OHS since I never paid any attention to such heart-related things prior to my valve replacement...

Hi Linda, It's a small point in the overall discussion, but just to be completely accurate, when you checked on my two meters, the Intraio2 showed INR=3.5 and the Coaguchek-XS showed INR=3.6 (vs the 3.3/3.5 numbers you quoted above. I still have the photo of the 2 machine readings that I took...

Hi Aggie85, The most accurate, and most extensive, database of nutritional information that I have found, including vitamin-K content for various foods is the U.S.D.A. National Nutrient Database. The link for the top level entry to start a search is: http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ According to that...

Hi Paleogirl, An elevated C-reactive protein level is a non-specific indicator of inflammation somewhere in your body. Since you say you have other known issues that could be causing low level inflammation, and your sedimentation rates were normal, my (non-medical) opinion is that your...

I noted in this older thread here: http://www.valvereplacement.org/foru...call-important that I believe Alere had (and possibly still has) some serious quality control/assurance procedure issues mainly because they were unable to trace the defective test strips to specific manufacturing lots...

Hi ejc61, As an endocarditis alumnus, I'll offer some thoughts. First, although I fully appreciate your depression and the "it stinks" feeling about the PICC line antibiotic treatment, in all honesty you are extremely fortunate because your doctors diagnosed and started treatment early enough...

Hello Linda, Your problem with the POC meter readings certainly does seem puzzling. My first inclination was to blame using the second rather than the first blood drop, but now that you have eliminated that as the cause, the only other thing I can suggest is to ask if you have an unusual...