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Hi all. It's been a long while since I've been here. The new site looks good! I'm a 53 year old male. 10 years ago I received a St. Jude Mitral valve. Within a year, we had my warfarin numbers pretty stable with only an occasional adjustment. Everything has been hunker-dorey as they say. I go to...

It's been nine years since I had my mitral valve replaced with a St. Jude. Got INR/warfarin dosage stabilized fairly soon thereafter and short of a handful of warfarin mg. adjustments to coincide with my weight loss, I've almost been oblivious that I had the surgery. I've hit that time in life...

I received my mitral valve. I'm thankful for my extra years of life.

My St. Jude has been performing well for 3 years today. I have much to be thankful for. Here's to many more. :)

Hi, I've been dealing with the anxiety attacks and lack of sleep a lot of other VRs have experienced since their heart surgeries. A friend told me he uses Relacore, which is advertised as a dietary aid, for anxiety and relaxation. This stuff supposedly utilises vitamins and some bark extract...

Just got results from 2nd echo/2 years after new mitral valve surgery. Cardio's office says there's "some thickening" around the valve and they want me back in 6 months to check on it. Is this normal? Anything to be concerned about? What's the ultimate outcome of too much thickening? How do...

Found this article this morning. Hope it's not old news to some of you. My St. Judes' only a couple of years old, but I think I might opt for surgery again to get a tissue valve of my own. Just noticed a thread going already on this in the New Advancements section...

He's a hoot!

This may be a stupid question...but here goes. I have noticed that when I cut myself, my bleeding is not much different than before coumadin therapy. I bleed for a minute or two and then it stops, just like always. But when discussing minor surgery, most don't even want to attempt it because...

I started having occular migraines right before my TIA stroke 12/31/04. Didn't know what they were then. The stroke was caused by my endocarditis, Dr. thinks. I've been having them ever since. Usually once or twice a month. My question is, did anyone else begin having these coincidental to...

:) :) It is 1 year today since I received my St. Jude. All in all, it has been a good year. I woke this morning to see the face of my lovely bride. Kissed my children goodbye and drove to work in a lovely sunshine. Something I might not have done were it not for God, the doctors and...

If our numbers are high, we can eat some greens and help lower our INR. If you wanted to help bump up your INR with something else, (I've seen alcohol) is there anything else we can eat/drink/take to accomplish this?

I will have been on Warfarin a year this May. My levels are usually within range. What I haven't noticed is any increased bruising or bleeding. I sliced my finger good a couple of months ago with a razor device and it didn't seem to bleed any longer than when I wasn't on the drug. Is this...

I did a search for comparisons of the different machines. The postings that came up are a couple of years old. What machines are recommended these days and why? I mentioned the machines to my doc last year and he wasn't too hip to the idea of monitoring myself. I thought perhaps if I kept...