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I was never in the running shape that you were, but prior to surgery I believed that any healthy person could string together 3 -10 min miles. Now, 7 years after two mechanical valves put in at age 42, I still haven’t done it. I have put a restrictions on my effort though... once my heart rate...

Thank you for the feedback. I have been on this forum since my surgery and it has been a great source of information and comfort. When I feel like I'm the only one in the world who understands what Im going through, I come here and great people all over the world are sharing similar...

I am 7 years out of surgery (mechanical aortic and mitral valves). In the last year I've experienced several instances of severe leg cramping. These muscle spasms are super intense. I've come to call them a "super Charlie horse". Ive always associated them with bouts where I might of...

I agree with pellicle as well... I have, however, been reading about "blue zones" and centurions. One of the indicators that someone is going to live to 100 is that they are healthy at 80. I'm healthy but had a major life event where i have two artificial valves in my heart and no spleen at...

Im okay with aging... sex goes bye bye... that I hope warfarin doesn't contribute to...

God I hope it isn't warfain that does that! :Cry:

Hello all, first I want to thank this community for its many years of quality and sound good advice! I am approching 4 years of daily warfarin theropy and began to wonder what life will look like after being on warfarin for 20 years. When I came across this article...

Hello all, I want to share something i noticed while working out the other day. I am 45 years old, active and 4 years out of heart surgery that left me with to mechanical valves and a mended ascending. When I work out, I wear a heart monitor always. The other day we were working on...

Hello all, Valentines day approaches and I'm in love:) My small town has this fun contest where they break a hole in the ice in a frozen lake and men declare their love and then splash into the icy water while the person of our affections warmly giggle at our silly antics... and generally love...

Ive always loved the heat from a good sauna... now there are these "far infrared saunas" that would work well in my home because i do not have the room to build a traditional sauna. I have two mechanical valves and am 3 years after OHS. Warfarin daily. Does anyone have any experience with...

Im currently at the urgent care, again, for a bit tongue. This time is not as bad as the first, but it is bleeding... hasn't stopped bleeding for two hours... and with all likelihood, keep bleeding unless something is done... The last time i waited hours trying to apply every kind of pressure...

Im the same way with testing... i find it comforting... and i could adjust more to reads... Take care Again :)

I recently went to home testing for INR and I like to convenience. I use the CoaguChek XS system. My insurance pays for testing once a week, but I'm kind of a numbers guy. I'd like to test more often... maybe twice or three times a week... or basically when ever i feel like it. Perhaps I...

Thanks everyone. I cant begin to tell you what a comfort this forum has been. I only have a few posts, but all of them were so something that weighed heavy on my mind and this community helped me work through them. Point of clarity, the docs didnt tell me to skip... i skipped on accident. my...

I just looked at my pill box... looks like I "may" have missed two days of warfarin! Little freaked out right now. I didnt fill my pill box like i regularly do because my inr was high 4.2 and the docs wanted me to do a certain regimen then check again on monday... so i only filled my pill box...

Protime... that's just funny!

Thanks everyone for your replies. Thanks Tom. I can see that Coagulation has nothing to do with thickness rather the ability to coagulate. However, I see nothing to convince me that inr levels dont correlate to sound. I take a warfarin because of mechanical heart valve... without it I have a...

Does the sound of the "click" made by mechanical valves have any correlation to inr there are times when I clearly hear my mechanical valves "clicking",,, and so do other people across the room, LOL... then there are other times where i dont hear it ... and neither do other people... Does...

thank you all for your posts... sorry I didnt reply earlier. I spend a weekend in the hospital... I went in on a friday so they connected me to iv antibiotics and I had to wait until monday to get a TEE to look at the heart to see if it was growing bacteria... on monday the tee didnt show any...

Thank you for your answers... I try to stay optimistic:)