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    Greens

    This is a legitimate question. While its true the goal is to keep your greens consistent (not keep them down) there is and should be a concern about how many greens you are eating. Most people sont understand this problem because almost no one besides and handful of people are eating 6 servings...
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    How much Warfarin Amount do you take?

    I take 10 to 15mg a day and I used to take 20mg daily until they lowered my range. I am surprised how high of a dose that is compared to everyone else.
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    Questions about old Roche Coaguchek verses new Roche Coagucheck monitor

    I would love a control test kit from Roche are you with a blood monitoring company? I fear Roche won't send me a control test kit because I'm not with a blood monitoring company. Roche doesn't like it when you buy their machines outside of their company and use it on your own.
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    Questions about old Roche Coaguchek verses new Roche Coagucheck monitor

    This is helpful information. Thank you!!
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    Questions about old Roche Coaguchek verses new Roche Coagucheck monitor

    Hi Valve Replacement friends, I have been using a Roche Coaguchek monitor for home INR monitoring. It worked for 5 years and then started giving me error codes. Roche told me to throw it away. I now need to buy a new one and there is a new model out but it costs $600-700 Roceh Coaguchek...
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    Anyone had a Heart Catheterization with Exercise?

    Has anyone done a heart catheterization with exercise? I have never heard of this test and my cardiologist has never done it before but has read about it. They are trying it on someone in 2 weeks and I will be person #2 to get it. I want to know what your experience was and what they learned...
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    I have 4 days to decide - help!

    What do you mean by your risk of having a "major event" goes up 2 percent every year your on coumiden? What is a major event? Are. You saying it's the likelihood you will be in a accidet whwre you bleed out? Or is a major event some bad side effect from the coumiden?
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    Tissue Valve - 10 yrs?

    I had a porcine mitral valve installed at age 31. Nine years later it is starting to fail. I will probably get a mechanicle valve next.
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