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I just can't believe sometimes how annoying the Warfarin clinics are!! I self test but my surgeon wants me to get pathology checks every 6 weeks just to correlate the accuracy of my machine. Which is all fine as the tests are free and there's usually no waiting time. Anyway, I was supposed to...

Hi everyone, Had a MVR back in March - have been home testing with an InRatio machine and have had no problems - I get my INR tested at a lab once a month as a back up to the machine and so far the results have been very similiar. My problem is this: I test once a week at home and tonight I...

I've been on Coumadin for nearly 12 weeks now and thanks to the great advice on this forum and the recommendation to do home testing, things are going really well. After reading the posts on bridging and the use of Lovenox etc. I just had a query. What happens in an emergency situation when...

Well, I am three weeks out of surgery and this morning the postie delivered my home testing machine. In Australia at the moment you get one automatically with your St Jude valve - no extra cost - which is wonderful. So we watched all the instructions and I got my daughter (who is 17) to do the...

Hi All, Thanks so much for your well wishes and to Susie for posting for me. Was supposed to be in hospital till Thursday 26th but I was doing so well they let me go home today. Surgery went totally smoothly and my new St Judes is ticking away nicely. Can't believe how well I'm feeling already...

Hi all, Well, three years ago tomorrow I arrived on this fantastic site after hearing the news that mitral valve replacement was in my future. And although I've done my best to hide behind one of the chairs in the waiting room, somehow or other I was spotted and my number has just been called -...

Hi everyone.... When I was told in Feb 2006 that I would need a valve replacement in my near future I can remember praying about it and asking God that if possible I could reach two milestones before my surgery - I wanted my daughter to turn 16 and I wanted to reach 40. Well, in February this...

My friend Vicky had a leaky aortic valve and an enlarged heart diagnosed last year. Her cardio was happy to leave things for a while but she came to Melbourne to get a second opinion last Thursday. They admitted her to hospital straight away and after having tests done she is getting an aortic...

Well, I went to see the surgeon for the first time yesterday. He was really good - spent a lot of time with us and answered all our questions. Anyway, even though the angio showed the regurg as very severe he said he was more inclined to believe the echos and the TEE reports and would rate it...

Well, I had been sailing along blissfully in the waiting room - 6 months checkups which showed MVP - moderate to severe regurg with all heart measurements within normal ranges. Then I had my appendix out four weeks ago and wasn't happy with how long it took me to recover. It really knocked me...

Thought you guys might be interested in this - there were articles in our papers today saying that the leader of the Opposition wasn't healthy enough to be our next Prime Minister just because he had an aortic valve transplant in his mid 30's...

Many people on here have commented after their surgeries that they DID have symptoms previously but just hadn't realised it. It was only when these things improved after surgery that they realised they were connected. Currently, I too would say I am "without symptoms" so I am interested as to...

Hi all, It's 2.00pm Christmas day here in Australia. This was my first Christmas since being told I would need OHS in the near future. I had made so many plans to have a huge Christmas celebration with family and friends - until 10pm Christmas Eve when I came down with a case of severe gastro...

Hi, went today to see a recommended cardiologist to get a second opinion. Interestingly enough he totally agreed with my normal cardiologist. He said I will need a valve replacement in the next year or so (he agreed repair was unlikely due to the type of prolapse I have). He also said that the...

I know this topic has been discussed before but I can't seem to find the original thread. I remember reading somewhere on here about how an echocardiogram was more accurate for some things (was it measurements??) and a TEE was more accurate for the condition of the valve??? Basically, can...

Hi All, Apologies if this thread has been done before. I did a search but didn't seem to come up with much. Anyway, I have just been diagnosed today with endometriosis. It is a painful condition but not health affecting as such. Anyway, the treatment the doctor recommends is laser surgery via...

Hi All, Just wondering if any of you have ever heard of Postpartum cardiomyopathy?? Apparently it is extremely rare - happens in one in 3000 births. Anyway, a good friend of mine has just been diagnosed with it after having her first baby. Two days after the birth she had many of the symptoms...

Hi everyone, you've probably seen me lurking around and posting in the last month but I've been waiting till I got all my results back to properly introduce myself. I'm 37, married with a 14 year old daughter. I was diagnosed with mitral valve prolapse when I was 13 and have had yearly...