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Hello again, I don't post very often anymore as it’s been 3 + years since AVR and life is busy again with new grandchildren and my wife's health issues (Stage 4 COPD). I was dealing with some scary shortness of breath and balance issues that made me uneasy at times. I was overweight and frankly...

I read the that the INR range for the new ACT drugs is 1.5 -2.0 or 2.0-2.5. Why are the mechanical valves so different if the INR's are in the same range?

Excuse me ladies. Ok guys this is something I have been wondering about for the last year and a half. Having been on ACT for 3+ years now, the bedroom has gotten progressively worse. At 64 I'm not ready to throw in the towel yet! I've always had a suspicion that the amount of Coumadin I take...

Well four days ago I was in the garage working on my old truck repairing some rusted panels on the floor boards. The cut off saw went zing and my finger some how got in the way. Boy leather gloves are no match for a good cut off saw. Anyway it caught my right index finger right at the first...

Living in paradise (Pensacola Florida) has its drawbacks for some of us as I have found out. My sinuses have been giving me fits the last couple of years and now per CT scan and MRI they are badly inflamed with large polyps in the left side. ENT doctor had me try prednisone and levequine last...

This is another new experience for me in my Valve Replacement life. I went to the ER yesterday as I have been having some troubling symptoms that I think might be either an infection or maybe the mitral valve is going bad now (as it was showing mild leakage before the AV replacement, but cardio...

Have any of you that had the misfortune of having endocarditis, that didn't show the classic symptoms of infection i.e. elevated white blood count and fever? I had been experiencing some weird symptoms for the last couple of months and the PCP has ruled out infection. I have been having constant...

For you seasoned AVR members (60+) At 15 months after AVR I’m noticing some shortness of breath, especially working outside in the high humidity and temps (Florida). I have been moving some trees around the yard (fairly big trees 10-15 ft. high) this week and I can’t dig or pick ax around...

Lately my INR has crept up and I have started to bruise pretty easily. I was at 80 mg a week for the last couple of months, and my INR was 2.3 – 2.7. Now it has shot up to 3.5 3.9 and I have a lot of small bruises on my legs and sides. I have gone back to restoring my Old Maverick. And that...

I finally completed my regimen of antibiotics (Levaquin) and Prednisone for my severe sinus infection. As retired military I get PC treatment at the local base hospital. The military docs are sometimes hardcore about treatment and he prescribed 21 days of 500mg Levaquin and the last 5 days in...

Well the first year is in the books. As some of you might remember, it was pretty bumpy for me. I still have some moments that get my attention, but they are starting to get further apart. The gym has been an important part of my recovery, but the more I go the more my INR bounces around. I've...

I need some help with a situation that just happened to me. Has anyone ever lost their meter (Coaguchek XS) and reported it to Alere? I use the service and they are pretty expensive with everything. Do they charge you for a new meter? At their rates is it probably cheaper to buy a new one online...

I have been having some weird things going on for several weeks and just had a CT scan because of my severe sinusitis and the headaches, and the impression included non specific, white matter hypodensity. Most Compatable to microvascular ischemic disease! The PCP has not reviewed the the test...

I just got my blood test from the ER lab and my INR was 1.9 and Pro Time was 21.8! Is it that because I'm not taking in very much Vit-K because it lowers my INR so much. I stay away from anything green, only because I'm already at 77mg a week to stay around 2.0 (1.8 - 2.6). I was hoping to be...

Hey everyone, It's been awhile but things are going on so this is where we come for support and wisdom. I'm 9 months out and things were just starting to really get back to normal for me, and now its sinusitis with some crazy complications that don't seem to fit the problem. For some reason my...

Hello everyone, I haven't posted for a couple of months as things have been going pretty well. But like most of our posters, when we have questions or bumps we always find our way back to the best support site on the net. It’s been 7 months since the AVR and other than a fight with my INR things...

It’s been 8 days off metoprolol and I think it’s getting better! Of course I'm ready to see some more withdrawal effects after reading up on this drug and what happened right after I stopped. I did talk to 3 local pharmacist and they all said I should be done with the side effects in 2 weeks or...

After 5 weeks I've been to the ER twice and have just made a mile walk yesterday. The irregular heartbeats have been so disruptive to my recovery and the last trip to the ER they recommended a halter monitor as it went from a-fib to 31 bpm. It’s pretty scary because you can hear the valve stop...

I must be the only Straight Valve Replacement that has gone so bumpy it’s like there is almost no noticeable improvement in 3 weeks! I've had the Lead legs, dizzy light headedness, and now there is swelling in my feet! I feel like I can't exercise for any amount of time because as soon as I...

Bad day yesterday. First my traveling nurse tells me my INR is 4.5 and then she thought I should get the surgeon to take out the pace maker wire out before it gets so in grown they can't. I felt so blah after my first walk that I didn't do the afternoon walk. Than last night i was sitting in the...