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Hi all, Been a long time since chiming in here, I had OHS in 2012 after a bout of endocarditis. I have a mechanical Aortic valve On-X and a collar on my mitral valve. I wholeheartedly believe there is a tie-in with cardiac issues and eyesight. When I had the endocarditis, I had very frequent...

Thank you all for your feedback. Still waiting on info from my cardiologist. New medical messaging system in the health network has them all scrambling!

Hi there, have not posted in a loooooooong time, but coming up on my 3year anniversary of aortic valve replacement (mechanical). Am happy to report things have been a-OK since then. Back on point. I am taking a vacation in a few weeks and will have the opportunity to go in a hot spring or two...

Hi all, I am nearly 4 months post-op and am wondering if I still need to be concerned over the 2lb/2days (or 5lb in a week) rule? I know I ate some salty things yesterday and was trying to watch it today, but I did have some sushi. It could be just that I've had extra sodium the past day of two...

Thanks for the app suggestion, it's pretty good. Now I can keep track as I go to see how I do.

Fruit and tomatoes, I think are the culprits. Some quick research found these two guides, which seem well-organized and not too much of a good thing: http://www.ptinr.com/vitamin-k-facet-search?tid=1215&tid_1=All http://healthcare.utah.edu/thrombosis/patients/warfarin/WarfarinGuide_vitaminK.pdf

Thanks everyone. My anti-coagulation team gave me a 7mg one-time does yesterday after getting the reading and 6mg each day for the next week and re-test again. They keep upping it slowly so I imagine at some point I'll hit it. I am maybe a little post-partum still, as I had a baby in October (my...

Thanks everyone. I talked with my Doctor today and she didn't seem to think it was anything more than what it was. Obviously keep an eye on any other symptoms and call anytime if I'm worried (ha!). She said they could always do the 24-hour monitor thing if it came to it, but felt it wiser not to...

The constant ticking does a nice job of saying, "hello! I'm here!"

Yesterday I noticed my heart beating and it seemed to skip a beat or have one quick beat right after a regular one. I though maybe I was hearing or feeling things, but I used my iPhone voice memo recorder to record right next to the ticking in my chest and a few times have picked up the...

Hi all, Am new here, though posted over in heart talk a bit ago. I had OHS last October in which I had my aortic valve replaced with an On-X mechanical, as well as a collar placed on my mitral valve. I have been taking Coumadin since then and just can't seem to get up in range. The standard is...

Hi All, Am new to this forum and have just read through this thread. At the end of August last year, my PCP made me go to get an echo done. I was 5 months pregnant and was suffering debilitating joint pain, fevers that were undetected by me (it was summer, I was pregnant) and other symptoms that...