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Well it's almost two years now since aortic mechanical valve job and the thumping feeling from by heart is getting slowly worse. When I go to bed it is really annoying and just as I am sitting here typing this I can feel the constant thump thump thump. And recently have just started to have...

Well it's been about a year now and I was hoping the feeling of my heart thumping would be gone by now. But now it seems to be more noticable in the past 3 weeks. In general I can ignore it but in a quiet room it really bugs me and when I take a deep breath it really thumps. Would appreciate...

I have been doing home testing for about 9 months and love it. I use Excel to record results and plot the changes. I make my own decisions on dosing because what the doctor's nurse recommends usually is dead wrong. My question is to target INR level. My surgeon from Stanford said that with my...

It's been about a year since my valve replacement and things have been going just great. The one thing that has always bugged me a bit is the sensation of feeling my heart beat. I ususlly ignore it and it's not a big deal in the grand scheme of things. However in the past 2-3 weeks it seems to...

Well I am now into my 10th week and everything is going great. I am getting lots of exercise and now working on projects around the house. The only thing that still bugs me is the heart throbbing that I feel whenever I am calm. During normal day to day activates where I am fully engaged I don't...

I assume most of you used one of these Voldyne 5000 spirometers in the hospital and took it with you for home use. I am wondering how long and how often one needs to use this. My dear wife is handing it to me every 15 min and it gets to be a pain after awhile. I seem to be stuck at about...

Well after going into A-Fib on 3/9 I woke up this morning back in normal rhythm with a nice heart rate of 76. Fingers are crossed that it lasts.

I am in atrial fibrillation and my heart rate is around 100-120 and the pounding in my chest is non stop. I am hoping the pounding will go away over time but I really want the heart rate to come down. I see my cardiologist on Friday and I was wondering what medications anyone has taken that did...

On Friday, which was day 21 post surgery, I was cardioverted again and my heart thumping was a bit more tolerable. But today (Sunday) I went back into atrialfibrailation so I am a bit depressed about that. I see my cardio next Friday to discuss next options. I am reading a lot of nasty side...

I am confused as to when you start counting the weeks. For example, is the magic week 6 counted from surgery date or from the date you go home which is typically a week later? Just curious how others count it.

For those who experience a huge weight gain I wanted to share my experience. I weighed about 215 before going in and when they first weighed me in the hospital with just the gown I was 243, a whopping 27 lbs higher. It freaked me out a bit but now this morning on my 23rd day since surgery I...

I am now 22 days since surgery and went into A-fib on my second day home(Feb 22). The constant heart throbbing that goes right up to me ears was getting to me and I was hoping my cardio version that happened yesterday was going to fix it. Well now I am back in normal rhythm but heart thumping is...

I am 16 days now since valve replacement and I am definately moving to home monitoring which my cardiologist fully supports. However, he does not have much information of which brand is best. I have done initial web research on INRatio and CoaguChek. For those who have made the decision I am...

I have been home for 6 days now and I have zero appetite and most all foods taste terrible to me. Even something I loved before is difficult to choke down. Prior to surgery I loved a variaty of foods. A blood test on Monday said I was slightly anemic so I have been trying to eay and drink...