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:D I am home from North Carolina (drove myself at the 3 1/2 week mark) but am still healing from my right hip replacement. I just thought I would point out that the generic bridging worked out just fine.

:eek2: I picked up my (generic) version of lovenox two days ago. I must take it with me when I drive down to North Carolina (in preparation for my hip replacement) tomorrow. I personally pointed out to the pharmacist that the generic version was on the market and that others in the US were using...

I just connected with a Marfan friend of mine who emailed me about a mutual friend with Marfan. The mutual friend is a young woman, known to have Marfan Syndrome since birth. This young woman had OHS a few years ago and then, last year, under anti-cogulation meds, rode a roller coaster. She...

Well, my (newish) Hopkins cardiologist wrote me a certification so I can go ahead and have that right hip replaced. I am plenty scared, since, unlike my OHS, this one is sort-of optional. Ross, I am holding you responsible if the hip ends up worse after the replacement, ha ha! But, seriously...

Please share with me your experiences with bridging before/during/after orthopedic surgery, particularly hip replacement surgery. I hope to have hip replacement in August and want to see what I might be in for. :confused:

:confused: Dr. Attarian wanted to tell me of my chances of dying or of a replacement hip coming out of its socket due to my loose connective tissue. He layed out LOTS of objections/risks. I must get my cardio to write him a letter saying I am fit enough for hip replacement. He also wants a...

In less than a week, I am packing up the dogs and heading to North Carolina to meet with Dr, David Attarian at Duke about my bad right hip. I will be staying with my friend (who has MS and loves dogs) in High Point. My hip situation is related to my general connective tissue problems. If he...

Well, I finally decided that I would go to the Cardiologist of my friend Carol. He works in Columbia, MD, and that is no farther for me to drive than those doctors recommended on this list in Northern Virginia and Annapolis. So I finally telephoned the office. I got a clear speaking...

I just heard on TV that doctors often talk about the July effect as that month impacts the outcome of surgery. Supposedly July is the most dangerious month in which to have surgery because of the changes in staffing during that month? Of course, I would not bat an eye if I had to have...

Even though my INR readings seem squarely on target, I seem to have developed some HUGE bruises on my arms and legs. I am trying to think what could have happened to bring this about. I am supposed to be taking a baby aspirin but I had a hard time finding the old baby aspirin I took. Maybe...

:)My kids willl not help me, but my dear friend in North Carolina will help me and my little dogs during a hip replacement and replacement recovery. She lives in High Point, NC. I know there are some good medical centers in that area. Anyone on this forum have a good Orthopedic doctor/group...

In summary: Several weeks ago several of you addressed my hip injection to ease pain of cysts in that area. I had some bad "bridging" experience (which, on insistance of my Internist, is why I am trying to get set up with a new Cardiologist). My hip has only about 10% less pain since the...

I went to see my internist yesterday for my annual check-in and routine meds-rx writing. Among the things I told him was how I am sort-of training my cardiologist as I go along. (She, a petite and sweet young blonde woman, is famous for saying "uh huh...hmmmm...ahhh" instead of answering a...

:D I just got my pills renewed for the month and, just as Dr. Hal Dietz had told me at the conference awhile back, it has a GENERIC VERSION! My lousy health care plan (I am on COBRA and have little choice) covered every single one of my drugs now that they are all generic. There was no charge...

Well, I had my Cortisone shot in my hip today (Tuesday) and it is back to my regular anti-coagulation. For the next couple of days, however, I am ordered by my cardiologist to take those Lovenox shots twice a day while taking a double dose of the warfarin. On Friday morning I will go into the...

I have been having tremendous pain in my right hip and Orthopedic doctor urged me to have a shot of Cortisone in the hip. (I am grateful I do not require hip replacement!) I have never bridged before and cannot find any info in searching the forum except for dental bridging. (I had an...

Johns Hopkins Hospital lecture by expert geneticist, Hal Dietz, yesterday was very enlightening! The animal studies all show that Losartan/Cozaar turns around damage done by the faulty genes in Marfan Syndrom. The Human studies are still continuing, but look very promising. (Marfan Syndrome is...

:):):cool:;) My surgery was supposed to be Dec.22, 2008, but Duke Cameron had some emergency surgeries, so I went to Hopkins pre-dawn on Dec. 23. It was really cold and I walked the long walk from thr outpatient entrance through all the connecting buildings to the surgery area alone. (They are...

Anyone have a bit of a celebration for the one year anniversary? How did it go? My 1 year will be December 23. (I woke up on Christmas eve.) :rolleyes:;):eek:

My friend Carol had her second OHS in the early 1990s. She and I were discussing scars and she showed me scars she had on her thighs from OHS' heart-lung machine back then. She claimed they hurt a lot at the time and kept her from walking for a long time. I think she had the same surgeon as...