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I am approaching my 1 year anniversary with my new Aeortic Mechanical valve. I have noticed slight spikes in my INR after drinking 3-4 beers a night a few nights in a row. I had a week or two where my INR was around 3.2-3.4. Never been in that range, as I try to stay around 2.5. I think...

I usually don't wake up in the middle of the night. My problem is falling a sleep. I will be laying in bed, on my back, for hours, just feeling non-tired. But it will be 3 am, and I just can't sleep. I will wake up around 9, and just feel miserable. I am trying to sleep earlier, but it is...

Yes, I am male, and my doctor did recommend a mechanical valve. I don't think the coumadin will interfere with my lifestyle, so it was a good choice for me.

Thanks for the kind words everybody. Such a positive place this site is. I had my rehab appointment this morning, but I slept through it, Doh! I have a hard time falling asleep, and I didn't fall asleep until 3am, and my appointment was at 8am. I hope to sleep on my side soon, because being...

true on the lottery. I have no idea what kind of valve I have. I'll ask next time I go.

Hi everybody. I am new here. I am a 24 year old engineering student too. I am curious to know how I get my own home testing device. I am still under my parents insurance, so that is not a problem. I want to be able to test at home, so I don't have to continuously go out of my way to just...

I wish there was an easier way for our bodies to accept mechanical valves. I will forever be on coumadin too. Hopefully another drug comes out in the future that doesn't carry the nasty side effects of coumadin, but needing anticoagulation for our bodies, that in it's own is a bad side effect...

Also, are you on Coumadin Julian?

Hi Julian. I agree with you, every single week I am seeing improvements. Being very young, I think we are prone to quicker recoveries too, form what the doctors have told me. It's pretty rare to see people our age (20's), getting these types of surgeries. I know of one other person, and he...

Very interesting thread! I have read the first page, and I am surprised at how similar our experiences are. A few things I remember and want to share: -not remembering saying by to my parents and girlfriend right before they wheeled me into the surgery room. Even though I remember coming...

Hi everybody. I recently stumbled across this site, sounds like a great place for all of us to get through what we have all together. Anyways, I was born with a bicuspid aortic valve, and had aortic stenosis. Now, at age 24, I had my surgery, on 8-5-11. I am about 4 weeks out now, and this...