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Thanks for your observations --- and NO I will not give up on lab testing -- the lab testing has been evidence of a fairly stable ride and my observations are based on that. I was just curious what others might be perceiving in their lives. Ann

That’s just it – my husband does the cooking and he does not like veggie’s so – we have very few – when I can get them or eat out I just adjust the dose when I do and that works better than trying to have a desert of broccoli and then my husband thinks oh she wants more green so he serves green...

I have developed what feels almost like a 6th sense regarding my INR has anyone else experienced this kind of sensitivity. ;) I’m on a relatively low dose of Warfrin 2.5mg per day unless I have a leafy green vegi. then I take 5 mg. I also take the 80mg Aspirin along with it. I read here (Oh my...

Wow :eek: welcome John – it is a surprise because I don’t think any one of us thought when we were younger that “oh I’ll need OHS when I’m older”. And you are right we need this procedure – my doctor told me he had chosen mechanical for me (I have an ATS) I was leaning toward pig because I had a...

:rolleyes: September 24 that is my date – approaching that one year is wonderful considering how far I have come since this time last year. I read someplace that my mechanical valve is designed to last 99 years so I’m counting on that. :D Thank you all for being here to keep me keeping on and...

I’m with you there in a different way – I go back to my family doctor next week – did I say back well my NEW :eek: family dr. After 20+ years and the one who sent me off to the cardio in the first place because she heard something wrong (no other symptoms) has stopped practicing. I am not...

Braveheart I started having dizzy spells 15+ years ago – they started when I tried to start walking at lunch and were also aggravated by mold – in the potting soil of house plants or the damp leaves in the fall. I would sit down and drink fluids and within an hour they would go away. I ended...

Welcome home ---- War Stories what fun--- The worst for me was fluid in my throat while intubated, here I had made it through surgery and I was going to be taken out because the suction thingy was not working right. After having my hands tied down after other surgeries ? I started kicking...

Hi If you are a caffeine dependant person --- wean now, there is still time – Caffeinated cola, coffee, tea (even weak tea). Reduced would be better than nothing. Caffeine headaches do not respond to the pain meds they give you for surgery and they will not give you caffeine. Ann

“caffeine is not addictive”? I DON’T THINK SO! The first thing I did when I heard that I was in for surgery was to quickly cut out caffeine – There is nothing like waking up from surgery (this was thyroid 30+ years ago) with a headache that would not go away even with the pain meds that they...

I have a friend on Warfarin (clot issues not heart issues) when she needed hernia surgery they did put some kind of screen in one of her veins – but other than that they adjusted her INR with an IV of Vitamin K and had her back on her regular dose the following day. I might note that this was...

Wow that is a shock – it was not my cardio but my fp that sent me the letter earlier this year – or end of last year – with my surgery in September 09 details elude me. But she (the fp) is the one who heard the stenosis and sent me to the cardio – where the stenosis was determined to be really...

Jane Hang in there – I’m almost 8 months out and the emotions are crazy some times – finding someone to talk to helps and many friends in the medical field encourage me to give it at least a year. The process of arranging my thoughts into intelligible sentences helps me to figure out what I am...

I’m wondering if time of day makes a difference or perhaps the moon’s phase? I also had a low 1.7 yesterday but blood was taken later in the day – The last time 2 weeks ago I was 3.7 my norm is between 2 and 3 – the dr. has allowed me to try some adjustments on my own since my family tends not...

Welcome My brain went to the doom and gloom right off the bat, but my Cardiologist came to me with “You will feel so much better you will be amazed.” And “You will get through this” I did not know I felt bad (just tired from working a good 60 hours per week) As I looked back over the past two...

Oh my I was forgetting names and typing in a dylexic fashion prior to my OHS -- it has not been any worse -- though I do have to write things down and focus on one thing at a time for now. It has only been 4 months and I'm back at work and moving right along. I was sent several puzzle books and...