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    1Year Anniversary Pig Valves

    Hello again to everyone and hope everyone is doing fine. I have had my pig valves for mitral and tricuspid for a year now and am doing great so far. Had two brain bleeds on warfarin so they switched me to eliqis, which is very expensive, but brain bleeds have resolved and doing okay on it. God...
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    Date Set For Repeat Mitral alsoTricuspid Replacement

    I set my date for the mitral valve replacement repeat surgery and they have to replace my tricuspid valve also, it’s leaking severe. Being done at Baylor, White, Scott in Plano, TX. Have to go down there from Oklahoma on the 11th for a cat scan and COVID test, then back down there to be admitted...
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    Back On Track For Paravalvular Leak Closure

    I am back on track for my paravalvular leak closure in Texas at Baylor Scott. Some of you may remember I told you I had a leak and they were going to send me to Texas or it may have been an ablation I was suppose to get for my afib, can't remember which one. One cardiologist here in OK was...
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    Very Confused Valvular Leak Tricuspid Leak

    Hello. I am a member here, Blake777 but haven't posted here in a while, just been reading some posts. I have another crisis come up. I have a ONX mechanical heart valve, TEE shows I have a paravalvular leak. It shows moderate leak of mitral valve and moderate to severe tricuspid valve leak. Have...
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    Moderate Leaky Tricuspid Valve

    I wrote earlier in the reunions thread about my bad afibs that are constant and about how I have been in hospital last few weeks and was unable to take tikosyn and amiodorone because of bad side effects. But I forgot to tell you about my 9 year valve checkup. They told me I have stretching of my...
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    Anniversary 9 Years Now AFIB

    Hello everyone. I have not been here for a long time. Wanted to say hello to everyone. April was my 9th anniversary for my onx valve. I am now in full blown afib though, and I hate it. Heart rate runs up to 124-127 most times. I have been in hospital and administered Tikosyn but it kept P wave...
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    FAST Heart Rate 124

    Hello everyone, haven't been here in awhile glad to be back. I've been dealing with severe pain in legs and getting treatment for that, it's been hard. Been on pain medication, Percocet and Lyrica, as the Lyrica just does not help sometimes at all. The pain medicine is causing my heart rate to...
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    Can someone help me?

    My INR decided to plummet to 1.8 for some reason. I have been having a horrible time with my leg that decided to just mess up on me the other day, but looked down while showering and it was all bruised up for some reason. Don't know why my husband just don't see this stuff on me. Probably just...
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    Tonsilectomy

    Hey guys, been gone for awhile, but I always come back to my friend experts when I need you. I have been having major problems with fibromyalgia so they put me on 600 gabapentin 3 times a day, I just started this dose when my ENT found something on the back of my throat, gave me antibiotics to...
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    Four Year Anniversary

    I think April 8th will be my 4 year anniversary. Thought it had been five years but not yet. I have come a long way. Congrats to all with their anniversarys! :thumbup:
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    Pissed

    Okay. I need some opinions on this. I went to my doctor today for a back evaluation because I have had excrutiating back pain for like 13 years and was told I needed surgery but didn't want to because of the two heart surgeries I had already been through. Doctor told me best thing for...
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    What to take for flu with fever low fever of 100

    Hey everyone, I know I am not on here posting as much as I should be. You guys are like the closest family to me in terms of understanding this heart disease. I am close to my 5 year anniversary so all is good, or was until I caught the flu yesterday from my husband. He looks pretty bad but...
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    Flu, do I need antibiotics?

    Hello everyone. Haven't been here in a while. I need some advice, I caught the flu and of course I feel yucky and was wondering should I go to get antibiotics. My doctor is bent on not giving me antibiotics but if needed I will go to the ER. I know I am running fever on and off. So don't know...
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    Nose Bleeding

    Been having a bad nose bleed all morning and it won't stop. Had big blood clots come out also. Talked to doctor and he made me an appt. for 3:30, that is another hour from now. Should I go to ER or wait?
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    Theraflu and Coumadin

    Well I think I have the flu because I did not get my flu shot yet and don't know what I can take with the coumadin. I had been taking Theraflu and then it dawned on me I may not suppose to do that. Have a doctor's appt. tomorrow, but I feel so bad and need to take something now. Any...
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    Triscupid Regurgitation and PH

    Got my results from my Echo yesterday. It showed moderate to severe triscupid regurgitation and pulmonary pressures at 43. Well I know to me it does not sound that great, but they say the mechanical valve is working great. People seem to think I'm worrying too much but I don't. Seems the...
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    Surgery Again? Hope Not.

    Well I was just calling in my INR results when my surgeon's assistant told me he had got my latest echo results. Last year I had no pulmonary hypertension in my echo results, this was 12/09/09. Well now he says I do and it is at 41, how can that be? I remember my cardiologist telling me that...
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    ONX Clinical Trial Free Monitor and Testing supplies

    Found this for ONX, home testing clinical trial. I am in this trial, but I got on it through my surgeons. But you get a free testing monitor and strips and lancets. Don't know how old this is or if it's still going on, but looks like you just put in your email and get more information on it...
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    How Much and When should I?

    Hey guys. I finally got all that dental work done. I am in the process of trying to stabilize my INR. Now before my teeth extractions my INR was a yoyo and I don't think I ever made it to 2.5 when I was trying to adjust it. Well now I am trying to get it up and it has been in the 1's for too...
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    Okay...Scared

    Hi everyone, haven't been on here since I told you I was having some teeth pulled and dentist and doctor wanted to take me off of my coumadin, until I hit INR 1.3. Well even had a second opinion dentist like someone here suggested and got the same results. It's been about a 1 1/2 months I...
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