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    selling my Alere INRatio

    Hi all - I have accumulated TWO Alere INRatios along with my CoaguChek and would be keen to sell these Alere ones on to someone else. What are they worth? And does someone on here want one!!
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    heart patient soundtrack

    How about some fun? If you were to construct a heart patient soundtrack (or play list, for the non-oldies), what would be on it? I'll start with two of my faves from surgery time: 1) Heart of Glass - Blondie 2) Leona Lewis, unsure of the name, but the line 'you cut me open and I keep...
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    happy 2nd birthday

    Happy 2nd birthday to my noisy ticking aortic valve! Two years is not long compared to some people on here but I was unable to get my first artificial valve to its 1st birthday due to Streptococcus sanguinus deciding to turn the little thing into dinner . . . . So YIPPEE for two years of no...
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    crash bruise ouch!

    I went mountain biking today and came over a pile of rocks, straight over the handlebars and landed on my face. I have a bloody lip which is not very pretty, but I also collected bruises on both knees, an elbow, and one thigh, The thigh one has swollen up and the leg is not supporting my weight...
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    planning to have an aortic dissection?

    Choose the lunar phase wisely: http://www.health.ninemsn.com.au/healthnews/8691163/how-the-moon-affects-heart-surgery-survival-rates Who funds this stuff????? :-)
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    ski girl on the news!

    The runners out there will have a giggle at my shocking technique - but until I had my AVR I wasn't allowed to run so I didn't know how - here's a story from our local news in Perth about me running in the 2011 City to Surf: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1GNx9bMO24 During the race I felt...
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    frequency of testing?

    Just wondering . . . how frequently does everyone test their INR, and are you managing your warfarin yourself or is that done by a clinic or doctor? I'm not sure how I got through the cracks in the system, but no-one ever told me how often to test or gave me guidelines on managing my dosage...
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    anti-coagulation when travelling?

    Hi- I'm going back to the US for three weeks (from Australia) and I'm wondering how other people deal with taking their warfarin when changing time zones - I'll be facing a 15 hour time difference and I currently take my warfarin between 6-8pm at night. I'm considering taking a half dose at...
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    my Monty Python moment

    Does anyone remember the Monty Python scene where people are dying at a dinner party and the grim reaper appears and announces the source of the problem - 'it was the salmon mousse'? Well I had a similar experience this week. I had a blood test for something totally unrelated to warfarin and...
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    carbon fibre heart parts make you speedy

    This weekend was my first solo adventure race, with 500 entrants! We did: 600m ocean swim 6.4km paddle 3km trail run 12km mountain bike 2.7km run I took 2:25:24 for 13th placed female vet (of 40) and 39th female overall (of 144). As stoked as I am with that 14 months post-op for my second AVR...
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    when do I need to worry?

    I've had a mechanical valve for just over a year now and my INR is a very stable 3.0 +/- 0.1 - i.e. I am the model of INR perfection. :cool: I'm back to my normal active lifestyle and back into mountain biking, with considerable caution. However, all the caution in the world doesn't make up...
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    infective endocarditis!

    A few of you may remember me from 2010 when I got an AVR with tissue valve. Well, here's an update! In August, I ran our local 12km race with over 30,000 of my closest friends. I felt awful, I could NOT believe how hard it was. After I got home I took a nap, and woke up with what I assumed...
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    sternum pain keeps going!

    I'm now six MONTHS post-AVR and my sternum has yet to stop hurting. It doesn't seem to hurt when I'm paddling, or doing weights, or yoga (things I'd expect might make it hurt) but my xiphoid process is making itself known almost constantly otherwise and with intermittent stabs that almost drop...
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    heart and brain out of sync?

    Hi all- I'm coming up for seven weeks post-op and last week got the OK from my surgeon to start pushing my heart to see what my new cow parts could do. Pre-op my heart rate while cruising (I'm a paddler which I can't resume for 4.5 more weeks SULK) was 150bpm which I could maintain for hours...
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    I sneezed!

    This is a milestone for me that my family and friends don't seem to understand but lots of you will . . . I'm four weeks post-op and I sneezed today and IT DIDN'T HURT. How long did it take for everyone else to sneeze without checking to see if their chest had popped open?
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    What CAN'T you do with a broken sternum?

    T-minus: two weeks until my AVR. I live by myself and am very self-sufficient so I am wondering what sort of things are going to be difficult to do as my sternum heals? What did you find you couldn't do? Humourous responses very welcome too. Oh and how far before surgery do they make you...
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