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    9 years St Judes valve

    9 years ago today I was undergoing open heart surgery and having a St Judes heart valve put in. Once again thanks to the Leeds General Hospital cardiology staff and surgeon Mr Javangula. ☺️
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    8 Years

    Can’t believe it’s 8 years today since my open heart surgery & replacement metallic heart valve! A more recent pacemaker, confirms “Robo- Doug “ status😂 Many thanks to the fantastic staff @ Leeds LGI , brilliant surgeon Mr Javangula and NHS Phlebotomy staff for regular Warfarin/INR tests to...
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    7 years 🙂👍🏻

    7 years today since my 10hr open heart surgery for aorta repair & mechanical valve fitting. Many thanks to the brilliant consultant Dr Baig , amazing surgeon Mr Javangula and the super Leeds NHS cardiac team @ LGI 😌 Also to friends & fam for the support at the time 🙂
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    6 Years today

    6 years today since my successful mechanical St Judes heart valve op! I now have a pacemaker to match but all good! Thanks to the excellent valve op team at LGI in Leeds - eternally grateful! :-)
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    Pacemaker to be inserted after 5year Valve replacement

    I had Bicuspid Aortic Valve replacement and aortic root repair over 5 years ago, Recently Ive had a nasty cough and cold and have been experiencing dizziness and feeling light headed fairly frequently. I put that down to the cold. In October I had an annual Echo and was due to see my...
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    WARFARIN MEDICATED Medical Alert Wristband

    I recently purchased a Warfarin alert wristband. I hadn't thought of it before but I suppose in event of an accident and being unconscious its a good idea! Perfectly comfortable to wear also. Unfortunately I cant upload images on this site
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    CoaguChek strips Self test INR

    Hiya Wondering what CoaguChek XS test strips are like for monitoring INR if anyone's used them? I go for tests biweekly and am wondering if this is a good alternative with metallic heart valve or if its not as acurate perhaps as going in weekly
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    My 5th Year :-)

    I forgot to post last Tuesday on here but its 5 years since OHS - valve replacement and root repair. As always much appreciation to the Cardio team at LGI (Leeds General Infirmity) and surgeon Dr Javamgula. It's amazing hpw the years go by and it's good at 57 to feel energetic and happy still...
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    4th year! :-)

    Hard to believe 4 years ago I was coming round in LGI's ICU with pretty nurses running about {"data-align":"none","data-size":"full","src":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/images\/emoji.php\/v9\/fd0\/1\/16\/1f602.png"} Happy 4th anniversary to my mechanical valve & me!! As ever a huge thanks to...
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    4th year! :-)

    Oh... posted this twice but theres no delete post option lol Happy 4th anniversary to my mechanical valve & me!! Hard to believe 4 years ago I was coming round in ICU with pretty nurses running about...
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