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  1. bvdr

    Blood clots and coumadin

    I was just reading this thread and noticed that Jim L and Dick0236 have the exact amount of posts.....l,470! Quite a coincidence. More to the point. About 4 or 5 months after I had my mitral valve replaced with a St. Jude I had what was diagnosed as transient ischemic colitis from a presumed...
  2. bvdr

    check "Like" on our company's webpage to add another $5 for Marine's Toys for Tots

    check "Like" on our company's webpage to add another $5 for Marine's Toys for Tots Hi everybody! Our company has pledged to donate $5.00 to our local Sanford Marines Toys for Tots drive for every new LIKE to our facebook page up to the total of $2.500. If you could visit and check LIKE to help...
  3. bvdr

    "Heartport" Port Access Minimally Invasive Surgery

    I too had the Heartport surgery through my right chest wall and through the lower portion of my right breast. I did end up with scar tissue in my right lung (they deflate it and move it out of the way for surgery) and I had a lot of problems with muscle spasms in my right chest for the first...
  4. bvdr

    Update: Cort needs prayers

    Cort, I hope this day is a good one for you. You remain in my heart and prayers.
  5. bvdr

    Mohs surgery behind me!

    My mind is on Cort too but you as well. I'm glad to read it went well. Those couple of weeks will pass fast. Lovenox causes me more bleeding problems that coumadin ever has! I'm sorry about that bleeding after your oral surgery. I think it is the worst part of anticoagulation. It still is a...
  6. bvdr

    Cort (knightfan2691) avr tomorrow, Nov. 8

    I am so happy to read all the positive updates. Cort is so special to so many of us. He has been through so much and maintains such a sweet spirit. I hope all continues to go well and that it will be a really long time before he has to have any more intervention. He will sure stay in my prayers...
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    Mohs surgery behind me!

    What a surprise to this this old thread surface again. Gina, I hope all goes well for you. It has been several years and so far all is well. I've had to have several other areas zapped but no return of the SQC on the lip. My brother in law had MOHRs on his back several months back and I'm glad...
  8. bvdr

    Cooker's Throwdown Friday IV .... 9-16-11

    Tom, I know what damage meds can do to the waistline. I thought I would check in and see how everyone was doing. Steroids, Lyrica and high dose Prilosec/Nexium did a real number on me. The good news for me is that I'm now off them and the weight is slowly coming off. I'm still on a restricted...
  9. bvdr

    Al Capshaw??

    I'm glad to hear that everything is OK! I sure would miss him.
  10. bvdr

    Surgeery Again

    Hi Bill! I'm sorry to hear about you needing surgery again. I know there are new techniques but I don't know of anything specific that would be helpful. I think though, just having the knowledge that your heart was reluctant to restart last time would be a heads up to the surgical team that they...
  11. bvdr

    Will someone please help? What range do you have to be in INR for surgery????

    Surgeons can differ. Anything below l.3 is basically like being on nothing and should make little difference in the amount you bleed.
  12. bvdr

    Having surgery need lovenox help

    Colleen, if your surgery is scheduled for 9/7 then what is generally done is that you skip the lovenox the night before. That would make the injection you get on 9/6 AM would be your last one until after surgery. Lovenox is very short acting compared to coumadin. It is an off label use when...
  13. bvdr

    Condolences to Lynlw, Justin and family on the loss of Lyn's father

    Lyn, you and your family will be in my heart and my prayers. You have my deep condolences.
  14. bvdr

    Having surgery need lovenox help

    Hi Colleen, the lovenox is based on body weight. I had surgery on Wednesday and I restarted my Lovenox this afternoon. I stopped my coumadin 5 days before surgery and it only took 2 days before my INR was below 2.5 and started my Lovenox every 12 hours. My surgery was Wednesday so my last...
  15. bvdr

    Happy Birthday Mary...Aka Duffey

    Happy Birthday Mary! I hope you have made some very happy memories this day and are doing well!
  16. bvdr

    How long did it take. . .

    Hi Steve, congratulations on having the surgery behind you! You were in the waiting room for soooo long! Were you put on a magnesium supplement after surgery? The magnesium helps keep things moving right along. Narcotic pain meds really shut things down so it is a good thing you are now off of...
  17. bvdr

    Omega-3 Fish Oils, etc.

    My cardiologist doesn't want me on it at all. I was a little surprised by the whole thing. I only started it because I have a friend's daughter who sells supplements so I thought I would try it. I go back the middle of April and I'll ask him a bit more about it. My St. Jude mitral valve is now 8...
  18. bvdr

    Omega-3 Fish Oils, etc.

    Taking Omega-3 really didn't affect my INR at all. Either when I started it or when I stopped it. A few weeks ago I had my annual cardiology appointment. I had listed Omega-3 on my list of medications. He asked me how long I had been taking it and I told him for just a couple of months. He...
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