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I am interested in others thoughts and experiences in regards to friends and family visiting you after surgery in the hospital but more importantly once you are home. My AVR was in 2002 but now have a close friend undergoing one this next week and i am providing him my thoughts and experiences...

I am wondering if anyone has had bleeding in the ear that does not seem to want to stop. The question is whether anyone has experienced anything like this and what was done for it and the outcome. This is not an ear drum problem as the bleeding is near the entrance to the ear but slightly down...

Is there any problem for those of us on coumadin to have massage? What I am wondering about is bruising due to massage. Thanks Mile High

Good morning, My AVR was 5 years ago. During the immediate (the first 3 to 4 months) post surgical recovery time the discomfort/pain I felt was not in a specific place. What i felt was an overall body of not feeling well. Using tylenol took care of that feeling of discomfort. 5 years later i...

Good morning, My AVR was 5 years ago. During the immediate (the first 3 to 4 months) post surgical recovery time the discomfort/pain I felt was not in a specific place. What i felt was an overall body of not feeling well. Using tylenol took care of that feeling of discomfort. 5 years later...

There have been many posts concerning colonoscopy's and whether to bridge or not to bridge. Since the time I have been a member there has been a shift in the posts of positively using bridge therapy to one of maybe not using bridge therapy. After reviewing posts here, especially within the...

Hello to all, On the opening page for the list of forums, at the bottom is a count of the number of people who are currently active in the site. It gives the total number of people active and then gives how that breaks down between members and guests. Then when you look up at the various...

The colonoscopy questions and incidents seem quite pervasive. The questions of coumadin or not, lovenox or not, how long not to take coumadin arise quite frequently. My question is, is there a difference in risk of stopping coumadin for a few days for those that have artificial mitral valves...

I had an INR test yesterday at my cardio office and it was 5.9. At any level above 5.0 they draw a larger sample of blood and retest the INR. Well, that test showed the true INR was 3.9. Quite a difference. I inquired with the cardio who called me at home to tell me this, why was there such a...

I am wondering how and why blood clots form and where for that matter. Are we talking about clots forming on our mechanical valves or clots coming from somewhere else and getting attached to or blocking our valves? If clots are forming on valves, why does this occur? What are the circumstances...

Hello all, In visiting my cardio recently and discussing the coumadin regimen for a colonoscopy he indicated that there is less concern in regards to low INR's for those who have mechanical aortic valves versus those with mechanical mitral valves. This came up in context of going off of...

I have heard recently that there is a coumadin alternative awaiting approval by the FDA. Has anyone heard of this, what it is called and any other info on this?

About 5 weeks ago, I posted a thread concerning what to do about coumadin and nose surgery I was going to have. Everyone's comments were much aprreciated and were very helpful. This positively influenced the decision I made which was to not change anything in my daily doses. I continued...

I have scanned the threads and cannot find the info on the Golden reunion. It appears there is an agenda, a golf tournament and a friday night group dinner. In any case, can you direct me to the info on this. Thanks

Next week I will be having surgery on my nose to remove basal cell cancer. The procedure used will be the Mohs procedure. In discussing this with the surgeon and with my cardiologist I have not really received any consensus on my coumadin regimen prior to the surgery. The face has so many...

Hello, About two and a half years ago I was diagnosed with a bicuspid aortic valve and enlarged aorta to the arch. I have visited this site ever since then. The surgery in April 2002 was successful. My story is much like many others here. A heart murmur was detected which led to the...

Hello, I will be going on my first cruise in a couple of weeks. I suffer from motion sickness. What has been your experience with any of the medications for this and their interactions with coumadin? The most common medications are the patch (scopolamine), dramamine and bonine. Some have...