thomas999

A routine blood check (2009) revealed mine had skyrocketed to Protime = 100 INR = 11.2 😬 My primary care physician immediately called me...

38 is is quite low, although I have seen mine in the low '50s on occasion. My systolic and diastolic blood pressure was 86 / 48 in one...

It's been over 35 years since I had a St Jude aortic mechanical valve installed in me. Can't say there hasn't been anxiety because there...

In another thread I posted my bp, it was taken after a meal, at 105/51, p 60. I ha an aortic valve prosthesis 35 years ago. It is...

Interesting thread, and a bit sobering. To each their own. I wonder if you would make the same decision if you didn't suffer depression...

For me, beta blockers did more harm than good. They made me very irritable, which in turn made my blood pressure go up. Lisinopril, at...

I think surgery would be more of a cocnern. I have had knee, ankle, and shoulder surgery since getting my aortic valve prosthesis (st jude).

I have never been the same after surgery, losing my ability to sleep, and also having ocular migraines frequent enough. These...