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Their prices are about what I was paying on Ebay. I just now went to their site and went through the process of ordering, loading into my cart, ect. At no time did they ask for a prescription. I did not complete the purchase, as I've got about 8 months left of strips, but just wanted to see if...

This publication has some graphs and charts that may be of interest to you. In particular the charts that may be of interest would be 1) the one with your BSA on the Y axis and aortic aneurysm diameter on the X axis, and 2) the graph with height on the Y axix and aortic aneurysm on the X axix...

Whether your aneurysm is growing or not, when it reaches a certain diameter there is a risk of rupture. Usually watch and wait is done when the aortic diameter is below the threshold for surgery. Did they give you a measurement in cm/m2? Perhaps the surgeon who is recommending to watch and wait...

Welcome to the forum Johnny and we're glad that you found us. The American Association of Thoracic Surgery guidelines call for surgery when the diameter of the proximal ascending aorto measures > or = to 5.5cm. It also appears that in Canada this same threshold is used. At 5.7cm, these...

I think that's wise to get in the queue now. I know that your team has not come to consensus yet as whether to do surgery or wait, but you can always opt out of the queue if ultimately the decision is made to wait.

Cuts are rare. About 2 years ago I got a cut on my head from a training partner’s fingernail. The bleeding was not too bad, but, as a precaution, I decide to take 2000 mg of amoxicillin to lower the risk of infection. Since that episode, I have not had a bleeding event from martial arts

That's excellent! 2,100 foot elevation gain is a good climb! Well done! It reminds me how much I like hiking. I've been away from Mt Monserrate for too many months and now that Spring is here I think I'll have to head up there again soon. Thanks for the motivation! :)

Good point. Yes, I do martial arts and on the days I participate I do actually move my INR towards the lower end of my range. 2.0 to 2.5 is within 2.0 to 3.0, so my cardiologist is fine with me being 2.0 to 2.5. If my INR is running at the high end of my range, I will typically not participate...

It is absolutely critical to get the gorilla-ectomy done before he does irreversible damage.

Glad that you got 15 years. That's a good run. Your situation is complex, involving two valves. It is good that you are getting multiple opinions, although it's vexing that they're divided. It would make things a lot easier if they had a consensus, but at least you're getting a lot of good...

Very glad that your cardiologist had you get the stress test and that it helped to identify that it was time. And very glad that you were able to get your surgery before any damage occured. That is so very important.

I have also noticed this. Cuts do seem to take longer to heal for me since being on warfarin. Well, it worked. Your message was very clear and easy to understand.

Very sorry to hear that you're having this issue Amy. I don't have much experience with this, but I would encourage you to go to the ER to get checked out. Irrelgular heartbeats is not something to take a chance with. I hope that this resolves soon for you.

That is not actually what he said. Here was what he said: "Just a thought, my opinion, no need to say things to others that think otherwise," But, this is a discussion board. You can't put out your "opinions" and not expect to have them challenged if they don't line up with science or...

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Tom, You've said this before. Do you have any support for this? I've found nothing in the guidelines and nothing from Abbott labs about this "change". My surgery was just 3 years ago and I was given a target of 2.0 to 3.0. I am aware that your cardiologist had you switch from 2.0 to 3.0 to 2.0...

And unfortunately, many are targeting lower than 2.0. The range of 1.5 to 2.0 suggests a target of 1.75.

Dr. Hodges is a surgeon at Northwestern Medicine. I found his presentation very well put together- excellent use of data and references and well communicated. In my view, the entire hour long presentation is well worth the watch, but here is a timeline for some of his points: 3:00 - Start of...

It sounds like you are trying to discourage comments on your post. Not sure, but if you put ideas out there on this forum you can expect comments. I don't agree with your statement that the one thing in life is that you can't change people's minds. Sure, some put up walls that prevent their...

I agree. I imagine that "false starts" must be challenging to deal with emotionally: