i can hear my valve 24/7 had an ecg at the local doctors and they confirmed it
18 months
a month
i am merely speculating
yes i spoke with my heart hospital
because i had no symptoms they said they would speak to me soon and put me on the list for cardio version-this is the UK by the way
Had my replacement 18 months ago but just had 2 bouts of A Fib a month apart and no symptoms.
Both lasted 24 hours
Looking for opinions on whether the jabs could cause A Fib?
ON-X valve and on warfarin-didn't fancy another op in my 70s! Big sport in the UK for over 55s is walking football made my come back this week and did 3 x 20 minutes in the sun and really enjoyed it. Walk everyday and count steps every day as well. Next June when i hit 66 will be regular at the...
so here in the UK my target is 2.5. (ON-X) but recently i have been told at my next visit to Leeds General i will be changing to a lower target of 1.5 in accordance with ON-X apparently so waiting to see what happens with that.
probably wrong to say do this or do that but i had my mechanical at 64 and the ticking or the warfarin quite simply-do not bother me.
The ticking is there but i just zone it out(it can be done) and warfarin i take after home checking(important if you can get that) really didn't fancy another op...
1400 UK time one year ago today life changed for the better. In summary it took about 6 months before i felt just about there and am still reminded that i have an ON-X by the ever present ticking.
Looking back i am going to say it was worth it and that i feel better than i ever did. Thanks to...
Just writing really to get this off my chest but any comments welcome. Approx. one year since my ON-X was fitted and set about a cruise up to the Fjords in Norway for a week last week.
3 other couples with us all of whom i would describe as pretty heavy drinkers. Formerly a regular weekend...