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Thanks, have read up on this and its not a fit for me.....wrong area of the chest and also the pain goes with activity, not gets worse as in this. Thanks for pointing it out though, if i was a positive glass half full kinda person i could shout yey..something i don't have...:D

No, haven't gone to the doctors since the light went on and i joined the dots to find this diagnosis. I'd say i'm very mild....but hey what would i know really.... I have the pain in the lower left rib, have it now as i type....but waking up if i've slept on my side is very difficult to get...

Wow, i haven't been online for ages and just popped in to see how everyone was and saw this post.....I've had about 12 months of pain in my left side and didn't know what it was...about 3 weeks ago i lost patience with doctors and googled all my symptoms and self diagnosed fibromyalgia. I...

When i first started i was a wreck fussing over every .1 change. Now a few years down the track, i hover around 2.6 and don't worry too much about it. if i head up to 3.5 i adjust down a little for that week, if i drop near 2.2 i adjust up that week. But for me, higher is better....the old...

Ditto, i create a blank spreadsheet with headings date, day, inr, bicor, coversyl, mon, tues, wed, thur, fri, sat, sun, lipitor, notes I then have one line per day of year for each year and print the entire year out and put it in a side bound folder. As each day goes by i just record my inr...

I don't want to come across as an alcohol advocate, as i hope i make clear, moderation is the key & moderation is different for everyone. I would never drink a case of beer, nor do i drink spirits other than the odd one once in a blue moon. It's lite beer and wine for me in what i consider is...

I'm always an advocate for having a drink when using coudamin, check my other posts and you will confirm. But on this occasion i'd have to agree with others and say i'd stay away if you are having stomach problems. I havent tasted a glass of wine yet that's worth the risk :rolleyes: & i'd...

I don't know why there is always an alcoholic question when i check in but i feel compelled to throw in .2c every time. Yes, everything in moderation but moderation is different for everyone.... I was a heavy drinker before surgery and post surgery i have pushed the envelope and tested with...

ok, so its a heparin drip or lovenox injections. There's is no issue with lovenox injections? obvously i had those after surgery so probably not....but i seem to have picked up comments about it being a bit dogy to get back in range using this? What would everyone think was the acceptable...

Well, been told i need one, family history and slight bleeding so got to bite the bullet.... Anyway, just wanted to summarise the other threads out there and prepare myself for the first visit to the GI doc so i can be confident and stand my ground with regards the anticoagulation stance...

Normal mate. I have st jude aortic and it sound like a cheap analogue watch. I tune out of hearing it during the normal working day but in a quiet room/office i tune back in and can hear it easily. Lying on my left side i hear it louder, opening my mouth louder still...

That's the key, everyone is different. Find your happy place. I find the subject of Alcohol use to be be quite the touchy subject but have always been honest about my use of said liquid.....:p Just remember, you can never drink to excess again without serious concequences and i'm in no way...

Moderation is the key word, you will never be 'drunk' again. However each person react's differently to both coudamin and alcohol. I used to drink heavily before surgery and since surgery my INR has been rock solid at 2.8 or thereabouts. I home test. I'm 6ft 4ins, Male, 125kilos. I was...

6pm usually but recently anything from 6pm to 10pm (and one occasion of 7am the following morning)

After nearly 2 years on the stuff i find that the only thing that affects my INR is the change between summer and winter. In the back of my mind i think its more linked to drinking less water and drinking more coffee which tends to happen between summer winter. Alcohol, food, exercise seem to...

ACT is a none issue for me, i've been in range since my discharge over 18 months ago. By range i consider anything between 2 and 3.5, usually i hover on 2.7 but on the change of season i can have a couple of weeks when i adjust to the new temperatures outside and can jump/drop to the outer part...

Had a bentalls 18 months ago. No complications, no pacemaker, steady & uneventful recovery. If it wasn't for the tick tick tick i wouldn't even notice the difference. Before surgery (unknown to me but not my wife) i was tired, lethargic, grumpy, snappy & snoring....probably a few more of the...

I have no doubt most of us could change an oil filter on a car. But if you asked me to cut a hole in the wheel arch of the car and change the oil filter through that it would be difficult if not impossilbe. Thats my basic assessment of the option and why i never even considered it. I told my...

I tested weekly in the lab post surgery. By the time they wanted to bump me out to fortnightly/monthly i'd purchased a home tester (CoaguchekXS). I try to test every week but at worst every fortnight. However, we are currently in a seasonal change from summer to winter now and so i'm testing...

Dito the rest. i still felt rough at 8 weeks by 12 weeks i felt kinda normal (day to day) but wasn't exercising running/cycling/walking/swimming etc. i went back to work at 12 weeks (desk job in IT) and those first 3 weeks wiped me out. So, i'd say you are normal. As for heart recovery, mine...