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  1. K

    Colonoscopy reqd

    I need to have this done in 2 weeks due to a positive reading on my annual bowel scan, they detected blood in my stool. This is my first bowel scan since going on warfarin in January Anyway I have be 'scoped' so theyve told me to stop warfarin 3 days before the proceedure Does anyone know...
  2. K

    INR levels

    Im 9 weeks post op (Medtronic mech Aortic valve) reading this forum it seems posters have higher INR levels genrally than me, my target range is between 2 & 3 and since my op it has been mainly a steady INR of 2, I am on a Warfarin care programme with a Pathology Company (QML here in Oz) and...
  3. K

    Weight Loss

    Im now 13 days post op and Ive lost 6 kg (about 13 lbs) is this normal ? I didnt eat for 4 days in hospital and since coming home Im eating well, in fact very healthily, a bit less bread and more things like salad & vegetables..........the major difference is I used to drink half a bottle of red...
  4. K

    The food you eat..

    Ok, not here to preach, everyone can decide for themselves what they eat BUT, I went to a lecture at the hospital on nutrition and the lastest findings/studies etc and wanted to share the info that I found out. This lecture was bent towards matters of the heart ie Cardiac research. It seems...
  5. K

    Just had surgery

    Hi All I was discharged from hospital here in Brisbane 2 days ago after having a mech valve fitted to replace my highly stenosed bicuspid aortic valve, I was in there for exactly 1 week. I was diagnosed at age 35 and am now 60, Ive had annual echoes ever since diagnosis Post Op was a bit worse...
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