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    Marcoumar

    Hi Guys and Gals! I've been away for a while now, about 3 weeks to be exact, getting situated at home in Chicago. Driving is going well, as is everything else, but......... the Coumadin I'm taking is awful. I can't get it regulated, and have to take between 0 and 10mg in order to get my INR...
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    Exercise/Stretching

    I think the sooner an OHS patient gets busy with stretching and exercise the sooner they will be more mobile, comfortable and not have to walk around so long with their shoulders pulled together. In Europe, at least in the early '90s, they started with stretching and exercise within hours of...
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    "Heart" Pillow

    Okay folks, I'd like to hear what is used these days in terms of "heart" pillows. After my last surgery in 1991 in Switzerland, I was pulled out of bed an hour after leaving ICU. They stood me up, then had me sit in a chair with a huge feather pillow between the chair back and my chest. A...
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    I should write a book on how to have heart surgery

    Hi all, Y'all may have seen me post a few things mid-march, when my cousin recommended this site after I was told that I needed my St. Jude AR replaced and a 5.3cm ascending and 5.7cm aortic arch aneurysm repaired. Well, I was lucky is more ways than one. On March 23 I met Dr. Lawrie in Houston...
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