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Dear Friends, I am trying to find tablets with vitamin-K. I want to start taking these to reduce the effect of changes in my daily vitamin-K intake. Several members here are doing the same and apparently getting some benefit from it. I have been searching for vitamin K only tablets and for...

Today had my 8 month follow up with my surgeon. I am doing very well but down the road there have been some small uncertainties. After mentioning one of them to the surgeon he recommended to have another echo done (just to check if nothing strange would come up). After my first surgery, my first...

I am curious if some of you had serious accidents while on warfarin and if being on warfarin complicated things a lot or maybe not so much at all. I am trying to evaluate the increased risk for serious complications when I would for example suffer a broken bone (leg, arm, wrist, collar bone...

Hi Everyone, I am 7 months post-op and have had this eye twitch for the last 2 weeks. When it first started I was afraid it was the start of a stroke. No other functions were affected and my INR was at the high end of its range so I did not panic immediately. After more than a week I went to GP...

Dear Friends, For the first time my INR is getting a bit high. Not extreme but I am thinking of increasing my Vitamin K intake a bit to come back nicely into range. I want to control this with additional home tests but am not sure when and how often to test. Warfarin itself takes up to 7 days...

Like most people I had a high heart rate after surgery. After my second surgery initially it seemed like my rest heart rate had remained normal and was quickly in the 60's. After a few weeks however that suddenly changed and my heart rate was a lot higher. This was reason for worries and it took...

Hi all, I am home testing and my INR has been a bit too low for the past week. My INR range is 2.0-3.0 and the last week has been 1.8-1.9. I have done a lab test and this also came out at 1.9. I have talked to the warfarin clinic and they said no need to do anything at 1.9. Today I am at 1.8...

I am trying to find good info on how INR is affected: Most things I now have a bit of an idea about. Some are still not clear though: Dehydration is said to affect INR. Information on internet I found was contradicting. Does anyone know if it will go up or down? How will antibiotics normally...

Hi All, Well I am back home after my second OHS. I have been posting about my tissue valve failing after 6 months and how I wanted an On-x mechanical valve even though my surgeon had never used it before. Everything seemed to have worked out fine. I am back home now, 6 days after surgery with...

In a few weeks I will have my second OHS and my failing tissue valve will be replaced by a mechanical valve. At the moment I am on Warfarin but my range seems to be less critical at the moment. Once my mechanical valve is implanted I will have to be on warfarin, something that I really wanted to...

I am trying to contact St Jude by email but their contact form on the website does not work. I tried several days now. Is there abybody who has been in contact with them before who can provide and actual email address that I can use? Thanks and regards, Jarno

Looks like soon I will be going in for re-surgery after my tissue valve is giving up after 6 months. My initial choice for tissue over mechanical was fairly easy but I had to jump through a lot of hoops (including changing surgeon) to get it done. I will almost surely have to get a mechanical...

Since I will probably be abusing the forum to get information on lots of things involving my resurgery I think it is not more than fair to become a "real" paying member. I have used search and read some old threads about it but still cannot find where and how to donate. I can't find anything...

I have mentioned this in another thread but i am hoping to get some more replies here. I had OHS 6 months ago and received a St jude biocor 21 mm valve. It now seems that the valve is not working properly. It is still unclear what the exact problem is but my surgeon thought the leaflets of the...

I have been told that some people who had their valve replaced were advised to get this. Here is some basic information: http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/medicines/100003080.html Is anyone familair with it? Opinions? regards, Jarno

I am over 4 months after AVR now. Recovery has been great and I am pretty much back to normal. A few weeks ago I had a medical check up and unfortunately there is still a murmur but I was told by my heart surgeon that this is normal. The EKG came out with "minimal voltage criteria for LVH"...

I am 38 years old and 15 weeks after AVR, received a St jude Biocore tissue valve. Everything seemed to have gone fine and I almost feel like nothing has ever happened. Only my fitness is not 100% back yet. The furthest I have been running is about 2.5 km. I initially started out with walking...