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Hello...had actually lost track and came on line to see if a steroid injection was going to affect my INR numbers and googled and lo and behold, up came this forum. I said that is the forum that the folks helped me thru my VR back in 2006. Yes, still around and 86 years old now and the doctor...

I knew Ross from another forum and when I came to my turn to have valves replaced, Ross was my go to man. He helped me with a lot of things. Pointed me into the direction of finding a good surgeon and has provided invaluable information for the past 7 years. We will miss him not only for the...

Thanks Y'all. We called the cardiologist and he wants me in his office tomorrow at noon.

I am about to celebrate my 7 year anniversary of a double valve replacement , mitral and aortic, and lately have begun to have an erratic heart beat. I am not feeling any adverse symtoms from this and it was actually detected first by my NP on a visit to my primary doctors office. I feel I...

I am very sorry to hear about everything. I had hoped to meet your mom during that week we were in Gulf Shores with Mary (pictures above) but turned out she came the day after we had to leave I think. I am a North Alabama girl. I give you praise for being there for your Mom .... and pray she...

Sending Prayers Sending Prayers Thanks to Mary who passed along the message...and so we send our best wishes and prayers to you for a successful surgeryand a quick recovery. God Bless !

Noel had an INR of 4.7 last week. The tech had him skip the first night then lowered some of the doses for the week. Yesterday it was 1.9! This happens about once a year and it scares us too. We keep saying we are going to try for home testing. I think by now we could do better. Robbie

Found it...lol Found it...lol I am happy to know I am not going bonkers. I found my other post...had not realized there were sort of two threads. I just posted in the other one too. If I can be of any help, please feel free to PM me and ask any questions and we will do what we can. Everyone...

Also from Alabama Also from Alabama I am Noel's wife. And I think I might be losing my mind. lol I came in and posted earlier and now it seems to be no where to be found. Guess I did something wrong. Anyway, just wanted to add my two bits here...Noel had VR in November 2006 at UAB with Dr...

I am Robbie, spouse of Noel, and we are in north Alabama. Al Capshaw was a great help to us also and recommended Dr. David McGiffin. I think when we saw Dr. McGiffin that for the first time we felt like things might just be alright. We had to do a lot of leg-work in getting paper work and...

Oh my goodness, Mary, came here to see if I could here something but surely didn't want to hear this has happened. So am I understanding they didn't do the snipping after all this has happened. I would hope not! I can understand your anger and I would say it is rightly placed. I would...

Aye Aye sure is ugly Aye Aye sure is ugly Wow! I'd never even heard of that one but it sure is one ugly creature. Robbie

You can do it JoJo You can do it JoJo Noel quit cold turkey some 46 years ago....wasn't any such thing as patches or gum back then so he stuck a toothpick in his mouth...he must have used enough toothpicks over the year to cause the environmentalists to have a heart attack. :) My brother also...

Merry Christmas to you too Yaps...and sorry I missed you this summer in Gulf Shores. Wishing all the rest a wonderful Christmas season too. We have much to be thankful for.

had the same thing this summer...my hematicrit was dropping weekly and finally the gastro doctor did an upper GI...had a bleeding ulcer. Still struggling with anemia. I have always been on the lower end of the scale and lost quite a bit of blood. I hope you find your answer.

Mary, I came here to check for update and was happy to see some later info. What a tough beginning from early pregnancy right into this world but with the good medical help and so many prayers being said for him and him mom and dad and you and Bob , he can't help but overcome every obstacle. We...

And she was a really nice one too....too bad she would not show her face....

Guess Today's the day? Guess Today's the day? Steve, Praying that yours will go just was smoothly as Noel's did. He is still doing great for a 76 year old man! And we will see you Mary in two weeks!

Nightmares before Nightmares before Noel who is usually cool, calm and collected had nightmares for the two weeks prior to his surgery...and was so ready to be rid of the dreams he wanted to get it over with....they turned out to be worse than the surgery itself. You will do fine.

Welcome to another North Alabamian Welcome to another North Alabamian Sara, your story is interesting to say the least. Noel had both the mitral and aortic valve replaced by Dr. McGiffin at UAB ...after having had open heart surgery just 9 months earlier. He is a miracle doctor and we are...