Recent content by westie

phillip, the operative phrase was "if" phillip, the operative phrase was "if" stone the crows mate, are you a school teacher or something?? thanks for your post phillip; but the operative word is "IF" . indeed, i use "IF" twice. the sum total of test results suggests the ats is best, so 'IF"...

. i have an on-x mitral valve, i am very happy with it. my health is great. factors in my selection of the on-x valve were my own reseach and also a lot of favourable comments on vr.com. recently i have come across the following site http://www.myheartvalvechoice.com/ which suggests the ats...

. my surgery was 5 hours long, i do not think i forgot anything, but i did have a big loss in self condidence for 2/3 months

alternative alternative hi mileena if getting stuck paying $200 per month for inr testing is inevitable, it maybe to your advantage to start home testing. i know the machine and test strips are not cheap but if you put it on your credit card and paid it off over a couple of years, you would...

not too bad not too bad . hello john, firstly, you would be crazy if you were not scared and worried. but the post operation experience is not as bad as you are expecting and personally i had zero pain. and i speak as someone who is scared even of injections! and these surgeries are a...

rubbish rubbish sorry donna, this is rubbish! warfarin does NOT give you headaches, dizzyness or tummy problems. it does NOT stop you drinking green tea, eating greens or using homeopathis products. when taking warfarin, you can eat and drink what you like; but i must say home testing...

atrial spetum atrial spetum . it seems it is normal proceedure to close the atrial spetum (chamber??) when the mitral valve is replaced as the "as" is a place where blood can hang around and potenially clot. the surgeon did not mention this before or after surgery, but i read it on his report...

quiet quiet . the on-x mitral valve was my choice and was implanted easily by a first time (on-x) surgeon. our gp says it is very quiet and has to listen hard with his stethescope to hear it, whereas his other valve patients valves echo around his room like big ben! i work a 65 hour week...