Recent content by Tank

ELF I remember the first day of my cardiac rehab and I woke up 15 minutes after I was supposed to be there. I am not someone who is late for anything. My heart was beating 140 plus due to getting up to fast, getting dressed and get out the door in under 5 minutes. I thought I was going to cash...

Garth, I am due to see my surgeon later today and have the same valve as you. I also am due to have MRI and other test to check a failed fusion from 15 years ago. I will ask him and relay his thoughts to you. We are expecting snow and wind today so the 220 mile trip may be interesting but at...

CONT: My fingers somehow pressed something causing the remark to send. Anywho, the warfarin that I take has not changed since I was discharged from the hospital almost 3 months ago now. 3mg daily and am checking at this time 3 weeks to a month as told to do by the INR police. Hope I helped and...

I chose tissue at age 44 for whatever reason and my heart beat hard and noisy with the tissue. It would literally shake the whole truck while I was leaning on it to shoot my rifle. well at least it felt like it, causing me to have to squeeze one off between beats. The tissue valve started to...

The nerve conduction test is to determine the amount of damage to nerves at different levels of the spine. I do have some damage but most of my pain is caused by failed fusion and am having bone spurs growing into muscles and the spinal cord itself. On the brighter side, I just got a call from...

Anne, I feel your pain having had a root canal 5 weeks post-op and finding out that the wrong tooth was done or I have more than 1 tooth giving me grief. I get a pounding behind the right eye that is so intense it is hard to walk at times. I can only hope that I get through all this w/o any...

Be prepared to lose everything from your ankles to your adams apple. Hopefully your nurse has a sharp razor, mine felt as though it pulled most of my hair out. Good thing I have, or had only 6 chest hairs, but I was proud of them 6 hairs. HA Thanx, Tank.

epstns, it's good to know there are others out there that share the same problem. Power to the scar. Thanx, Tank.

Almost, if I were to try to get rid of all my scars I would have to be dipped in scar away. I look at it this way, that my scars are battle wounds of incidents in my life. My niece who has lived somewhat a sheltered life and is covered in tattoos often asks me when I am going to get a tattoo, in...

I have been on aspirin for years and am also on the warfarin at the same time. I asked my surgeon post surgery and he was alright with aspirin and warfarin used at same time.

Having been born with a BAV I have been on a antibiotic regimen for many years, taking meds 1 hour before dental work which I will be doing prior to root canal. I didn't state this earlier and maybe led people on the website awry. This was not my intention, also I think my GP was just covering...

After seeing my MD yesterday he put me on antibiotics for 10 days up to the day of the root canal. He figured that would take care of any infection if there was any and it may help with some of the pain also. Thanx, Tank.

Hectic, I to often get chills when others around me are functioning ok. I remember after my first surgery my body temp for whatever reason dropped down to around95.6 to 96.6 whenever it was checked at the hospital or clinic. As for sweating, I remember waking up some nights with sweat running...

I do remember that after my 1st AVR which was a bovine, I had to have my INR checked 3x a week as it was constantly changing. I am now 4 wks post-op on a mechanical valve and have had my INR checked only 4x in the last 3 wks since I have been home. I am checking at 2 wk intervals at this time...

Hectic, glad to see you are feeling better. I too was asked today when I would be coming back to work by my boss. He told me to take my time to heal and then take care of the back issues. He would like me to come back on my terms and only when I felt I could do the job, basically it would be on...