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Got a question, live in Canada traveling to Switzerland end of the month got a mech valve on warfarin for 30 days. I wonder if my INR will be affected by being on the other side of the earth? Any personal experience? Thanks Joe...

Can you perform CPR on a person with a Mechanical valve?

Can someone tell me about home INR machine; which ones are the best,cost, most popular. Any feed back is great. Thank you

Hey everyone, I'm not to sure what to do and I really need some advise. I got a ICD implanted in March my cardiologist told me i will not be able back to work full duty (i'm a cop) because when i shoot my sidearm it MIGHT set the ICD off, he didnt know for sure but suspects it MIGHT go off. Now...

Had a sudden cardiac arrest death syndrome attack in March been off work since then Doctors told me that i should be lucky that im alive and i should be dead. i'm almost back to normal, but i just found out today that i will never go back to work as a police officer because they installed a...

The website has changed since my last visit begining of March. Nice to c everyone and read the new posts. Had a heart attack in March got a defibrillator insulted. My heart went off beat and went into heart attack then quit. can anyone share any stories about there defibrillor anything or...

Just checking with the mechanical valve owners out there. It?s been 6 months now since my replacement with my mech valve. Everything going well, except for the last 3 days. I?ve heard my valve tick, tick, tick, t-i-c-k, tick, tick, t-i-c-k, tick sounds like it takes a little longer to tick...

Hey everyone, post op 13 weeks now so far so good:)..But anyway im on Warfarin forever and instructed to take it at 6p.m. every evening..Now i'm wondering if it's ok to take it earlier like 1pm in the afternoon sometimes.. But i usually my warfarin at 6pm, just curious if anyone takes it at...

I'm at 4 weeks post op and my scar his healing fine, however at first my muscle pecks looked droopy and not where there suppose to be more leaning downwards to the side. Is this normal?? and is my muscle pecks going be back to normal. And one more , I lost lots of upper muscle my chest area...

I can't recall when my Dr. said it was ok to drive again. I think he said 6-8 weeks. But I feel i could drive down to the corner store or food market. But driving for a couple hours i know i can't do it yet. So, do u have to get permission from the Dr. to start driving? or just consult with...

My name is Joey 30 yrs old and I recently had my surgery done on April 04/08. Went for a routine check up the Dr. told me that I have a heart murmur and need to see a cardiologist, ok no big deal. Two weeks later seen the cardiologist and I thought he would give me some pills and everything is...