Recent content by ZachL

I have been taking CBD oil/ tinctures and gummies for almost 2 years, mainly for migraine prevention/ mitigation, and my valve replacement and OHS was a little over 3 years ago. I have not had any issues with INR. I did let my doc and coumadin clinic know before starting and they had me check...

I have the St. Jude aortic along with an artificial aorta and mine is very loud. It doesnt bother me and i tune it out most of the time but it is loud enough that people can hear it when on the phone with me. Even if I take a video/ live picture with my phone the mic picks up the clicking...

I never knew that larger than 2.5mg pills existed. Can I request larger ones? I take 10mg each day and 12.5mg one day a week. 6'3" 175lbs and I hover right around 2.2-2.5, target range is 2.0-3.0 with my St. Jude mechanical aortic valve and ascending aortic replacement/graft.

You could be experiencing migraines that do not have the pain of a headache attached. They could also be ocular migraines. Do you ever have vision disturbances before you get "brain fog"? or fatigue? Not sure if this is your issue but might be worth looking into. Migraine thread

CBD tincture is CBD oil that I take orally with a dropper, but can be used mixed in things. I take 1 ml in the morning and in the evening when I take my other pills. I take it by dropping it under my tongue and holding it for 30 sec to a min before swallowing. There are many different versions...

I started using a CBD tincture about 8 weeks ago looking for solutions to try and minimize or reduce the number of migraines I get. So far these 8 weeks are the longest I have gone in the almost 2 years since my OHS. Highly recommend trying it, but do your research on companies. Being a non...

How long ago was your surgery? After my OHS I excessively sweat for the first 3-4 months through the winter with my house temp around 60-65. I believe it was a side effect of the prescription drugs I was on. It started to go away once I was off the prescription pain killers, it didn't go away...

Just had my aortic root and ascending aorta with a mechanical St. Jude valve installed Feb 2018. It was just going to be the ascending aorta and a mechanical valve but the surgeon said once he got in there the root tissue was in worse shape than he thought so he went ahead and replaced it while...

I now have a close relationship with my local hospital that just overhauled their cardiology department and I will be bringing this to the new cardio-thoracic surgeons attention to see if he has knowledge of this seemingly common side effect, and if not maybe start doing a study on it.

Oh I definitely wont haha When I got home from the hospital and was still drugged up from my surgery I went over to a clock my wife had in the kitchen that I had never noticed the clock ticking sound before and pulled the batteries out. Apparently all I said was "I'm the only one that gets to...

I have never heard of having chocolate when the auras arrive to help prevent the headache/ migraine that follows for me. Usually I try to take Tylenol and drink some coffee quickly. Or if I have one available sometimes a small high caffeine drink helps and prevents the headaches from getting...

I tune out the clicking, but with my body type and build my valve is loud enough to get picked up on my phone when taking videos. My wife is so used to the sound that it is difficult for her to fall asleep without the clicking next to her. It doesn't bother me and friends just find it funny how...

Like you, initially after my AVR, I started having migraines every few days, which slowly became about once every week or 2 and stayed like that for about a year. I started going to a chiropractor that does not do "major adjustments" like others I have been to over the years. She mainly focuses...

Thank you everyone for your incite on this topic. I recently talked to my cardiac doc, cardiac surgeon and general doc all said they had never heard of such a thing. If they continue to happen with the same frequency I am going to try and talk to a neurologist. I did however solve the problem of...

Little update... Surgery went great on February 15, 2018. I was home 7 days later. 9 weeks post-op today and im back at work. Recovery was a lot easier/ quicker than i expected. INR levels have been between 2.5-2.7 which is between the 2-3 range they want. Turns out after all the tests, the...