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I had my valve replaced in 2008. I’d been very diligent about dosing, and testing until about April of this year. I had a little surgery, and bridged with heparin but I am missing doses for weeks at a time. It’s like I just don’t care any longer whether I take my Coumadin, or any other...

I have been testing about once a week with my INRatio results in the 2.3 to 3.0 range for the past several weeks. Last night I tested and my INR was 2.4. A little low but not bad . . . So today I had to have a lipid panel done and the lab tech asked if I wanted a PT/INR done too. Sure, I...

Spring has sprung and I am getting out daily for long walks with the dog, and biking on the weekends. During the cold winter days, not so much. My INR had been holding steady at about 3.0-3.2 taking 3.5 mg per day. In the last week, I have lost 5 pounds (woot!!) and this morning when I tested...

Date 25-Aug 16-Sep 29-Sep 12-Oct 16-Oct 24-Oct 14-Nov Dosage 4.5 4.5 4.5 4 4 4 4 Lab INR 2.7 3.5 4.3 Home INR 5.5 4 4.4 4.3 5.4 This table shows a little history but I am worried. I have had a persistent sinus infection and was on Levaquin for two weeks in the middle of October. Have...

Just got the call from QAS. Training next Thursday by phone. This will be so much better than having to hike to the lab, register, wait, hike back home, wait for the results. . . Woo hoo!!

Dear All, I haven't been around much, since I got my INR stable and bounced back from my AVR this September. April Fool's Day we had about 2 feet of snow that I had to clear from the drive since my wife can't handle the snow blower just now. Got the drive and walks done, and the next morning...

I have been holding very steady between 2.5 and 2.9 until this month's draw. Today I was at 2.16. I have been taking 4mg on odd days and 5mg on evendays of Warfarin with these results - 10/09 2.68 10/13 2.6 10/27 2.5 11/12 2.96 12/17 2.16 My cardiologist's nurse called me today and...

I had my procedure Sept 4, and was discharged Sept 9. I have been walking agressively ever since. I am constantly doing 5 miles a day and riding my stationary bike 20 minutes every morning. So I am pretty confident that I am pushing myself to recovery pretty effectively. Nonetheless, I...

This week (2nd postop) I have just felt kind of disconnected. I have been working out with my walking program and really trying to gut it out and recover. I've noticed I have a really flat affect and have been a little sensitive. No lashing out or anything, but my DW told me that I look sad...

Interesting events. Home Health RN showed up 90 minutes late, and rushed into the house. Wanted to know all about my "cabbage" had no idea that I had AVR. . . . Her clothes were filthy, with stains on her scrups and spots of brown stains around the neckline of the T-Shirt under it. I was...

Hi everyone.. . i am now 4 days post op and have got this under control to the extent that I can. Day two, really euphoric, but a trememendous amount of pain, since I switched from Dilaudid to Percoset. In the ICU, I was getting a great deal of nausea, So I asked to stop taking the Dilaudid...

Hey everyone. I am now the proud owner of a St. Jude 23mm mechanical valve and am out of the ICU and into the telemetry unit. I will post more soon, but everything seems to be cooking along. . . Hiccups are not so much fun though, but they will calm down I am sure. . . Started on Coumadin...

OK, with my AVR and bypasses scheduled for Tuesday, I have an upper respiratory infection. Not in my chest, just seems to be a little discomfort in my sinuses. I have the presurgical tests tomorrow so I will mention it, but is this something I really ought to worry about? I would prefer to...

Good morning everyone; I am a 56 yo man about to have valve replacement of the aortic valve. I had an echo two years ago when my PCP discovered a heart murmur. I started having symptoms of angina about two months ago on exertion (bike riding and climbing stairs while carrying suitcases in a...