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Tomorrow is my first "valvaversary". I cannot believe that a yaer ago I was getting ready for a surgery that had me scared to death. Today I am doing much better and find that I have more stamina than I did a year ago. I am working full time, hiking in the mountains, shooting competitive...

I had my surgery in September of last year. My recovery has been great, I am excersizing, back to work and getting back to normal activities. That said, I am still experiencing discomfort in the area of my sternum. The discomfort seems muscular in nature. It happens mostly when laying in bed...

I have a question about coumadin and INR. How long does it take for a dosage to effect INR and how long does the effect last. Background: I had an ablation on February 4. Prior to the ablation, I was given vitamin K to lower my inr (1.3) and put on a heparin drip. Following the ablation I...

I have been home testing now for 7 weeks. I test every week. Week 1: INR 2.5 Week 2: INR 2.5 Week 3: INR 2.5 Week 4: INR 2.6 Week 5: INR 2.4 Week 6: INR 2.5 Week 7: INR 3.4 I am not sure where this sudden jump came from. The results came from a hospital lab when I went in for...

I was recently informed that my insurance has approved my request for an INRation home testing kit with two bundles (12 each) of test strips. On Saturday I received a call from a distributor, Quality something or other, that indicated that my cost of the kit would be approx $1400 under one...

I am please to report that as of 12:00 noon yesturday, I am back home and well on my way to recovery. The surgery went very well and my body responded great. My surgeon said that my old valve was much worse than the test revealed so it is good that I had it replaced. I was scheduled to go...

September must be the month for AVR. I was just informed that my surgery is scheduled for September 17th. I will have an aortic valve and a portion of my ascending aorta replaced. Now that is is official, my nerves are bad again. My surgery is moved to Inova Fairfax Hospital. A great...

Well I had my cath yesterday. Some computer glitches turned was was suposed to be a 1 hour procedure into 3.5 hours on the table. The good news is that my lung function, blood flow and coronary arteries all look great. My valve on the otherhand does not. My cardiologist says that my valve...

My bicuspid aortic valve has become symptomatic. I get short of breath doing normal every day tasks. Is is normal to be tired almost all the time. I mean I wake up in the morning tired. I feel like I can take naps all day. After I eat a meal I become bone tired. My surgery is about a month...

I just want to introduce myself to the members of this great forum. I am soo glad that I found this place. At the age of 17 I was diagnosed with a mitral valve prolapse. I didn't really give it any thought other than to have follow up echos avery couple of years. Two years ago at the age...

I don't think I ever managed to get chiggers. Kids did once, we used some treatment from the doctor that cleared things up. I am more prone to getting mosquito bites, black fly bites and tick bites. The tick bites scare me the most. Lots of deer ticks where I am