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    Contact Sports

    One key point here, is that Warfarin puts you at greater risk for a subdural bleed, and potentially worsens a bleed vs. not being anticoagulated. That's why we try to avoid getting hit in the head, of course. It also changes how we react when we are hit in the head. I had my bell rung pretty...
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    Length of time between diagnosis and AVR

    I was about 10 years from diagnosis to surgery. I met a guy at the hospital who was about 10 hours from diagnosis to surgery. In my case, the diagnosis resulted from the curiosity of an observant GP, while my stenosis was moderate, and regurgitation between moderate and severe. I was entirely...
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    The likelihood of a stroke in AVR patients vs. the regular population...?

    Any statistics on stroke probability in ACT patients will also be polluted by the inclusion of the general ACT populace, who at least one study has shown to be in range not more than 50 percent of the time. People managing their own ACT, or taking a more active role in it in cooperation with...
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    So, what's the general pre-op procedure?

    You're there early to take care of a bunch of things. There will be changing into the gown, shaving, IVs going in, the all important 'making sure that you are the person they think you are, and that you're scheduled for the thing you need!', getting monitors on, getting the whole team up to...
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    Still bridging with lovenox 11 days after procedure

    You're getting all the help you need, it seems, but I'm inclined to add my 2 cents to the thread. When I started ACT, I had doctors timidly prescribing tiny increases from my initial 2, then three mg daily, and with this wacky notion that I should have three different doses through the week, to...
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    Going under Anesthesia...what's it like?

    I've had general anaesthesia twice. First time the Anaesthesiologist told me to count backwards from 10 to 0. I remember saying 10. Then I woke up, and the business was done. Last time, was for my valve replacement. I was lying on the table, feeling more than a little nervous, and a little...
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    just wonder how long it took you guys to feel normal again after AVR or BVR

    I felt about as good as before surgery sometime around six months, but I was still recovering. I was still quite sensitive around the scar, still weak in the chest, and if I worked it too hard it hurt. By the 18 month point though, I was much, much better than before surgery, and to this day...
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    Overdosed on Coumadin, took 2 doses instead of 1 today, HELP!

    On the rare occasion that I've found my INR unusually high, I've treated myself to a huge Kale salad. Not because I think it actually does anything useful, but because I can't think of a single other thing I could do, and it always feels good to do something! Kind of like sending blankets to...
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    Palpitations.

    Heebie Jeebies for certain. I remember that I was told to come in if they lasted more than a day. One night they started up at around 8 pm, and by about 4 in the morning, unable to sleep because they were so powerfully wierd, I suddenly wondered whether 'a day' was 8 hours like a work day...
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    October, 2015: Study finds 40% of Tissue Valve Recepients At Risk For A Stroke!

    4 days of warfarin treatment. That's a very unusual strategy by your doctors, given that it often takes longer than that to get 'in range', and that the warfarin you take today is usually reflected in your INR at least a couple of days later. I ,for example, had to keep my Heparin shots going...
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    Introduction / Unexpected Aortic Regurgitation/Insufficiency

    I think a lot of us here will find your story particularly interesting since you have a valve problem which manifests symptoms in a very familiar way, but which is kind of unusual. To have an otherwise perfectly health valve and aorta, with one naughty leaflet is certainly new to me. I wonder...
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    Would a radiologist falsify MRA results?

    Falsify is probably not the right word, but these measurements are not as simple as stretching a tape measure down a straight edge. If you ever look at what they are trying to measure, you'll see that there is definitely room for error, and the requirement of good judgement and some experience...
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    Warfarin & Hot Tubs

    Nothing to do with taking a salt bath, but from Livestrong the following: (mind you, in the previous paragraph they refer to warfarin as a 'blood thinner', so...grain of salt, as it were) "Typically, 99 percent of the Coumadin you take is bound to proteins within your bloodstream, according to...
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    Thinned blood or blood thinners and body temp?

    With the point having been made that 'blood thinners' don't thin blood, and that they don't make you cold, I'll tell you that post surgery, which was early summer in Toronto (about like Southern California is year round) I couldn't sty warm at all. I wore fleecy winter slippers and a big...
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    Thinned blood or blood thinners and body temp?

    With the point having been made that 'blood thinners' don't thin blood, and that they don't make you cold, I'll tell you that post surgery, which was early summer in Toronto (about like Southern California is year round) I couldn't sty warm at all. I wore fleecy winter slippers and a big...
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