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Hello all, I realized on March 8th that my surgery had happened one year and a day before. On March 7th of 2011, I had my aneurysm and BAV repaired, and have been living happily ever after since. I went through a few months of insecurity and fear, and since then have been doing very well. I...

Yes, it is official. I have been talking with a company out of Mackay, QLD, for about six months regarding an opportunity with their company. At first I wasn't thinking that it would go anywhere, but after some more in depth discussions it seemed like it might be a good opportunity. My wife...

I have been bouncing around a bit with my INR due to changes in exercise and travel, and have been testing and changing doses per the INR clinic. The INR clinic I am near seems to follow the Online Coumadin Dosing calculator perfectly, so that is very good. I have been secure with this...

I had my AVR surgery coming up on 10 months ago now, and I just watched some you tube videos of valve replacement surgeries for the first time. I knew the videos were out there, but I wasn't quite comfortable with watching the videos until today. After watching the videos, I want to go find my...

Hey everyone, just checking in. It has been a while, as we have had a pretty darn busy summer here. Work is going well, and personal life is going very well. We have been enjoying the nice weather at the camper as much as we can, and are now starting to feel the cool in the air that signifies...

I went to training a few weeks ago and came home with my very own XS home testing kit. I have done the home tests twice now, and been in range both times. I am a bit on the high side of dosing compared to most at 85mg/week, but that is what works for me to keep me in range. I love the...

I have been looking at the new Camaro's since they came out, but haven't been able to get myself over the hump of actually buying one. I wanted a dark blue one with either white or blue stripes, and had used this as a reason not to get one. I told my wife that as soon as I saw one that was the...

After levelling out at 2.5 for my INR for 5 weeks in a row (3 checks) my last check was 2.3. The clinic left me on the same dose even though my number had dropped a bit and my target was 2.5-3.5. There is fluctuation in the numbers, and I should come back in two weeks and recheck. The recheck...

So I have finally reached three months of anticoagulation monitoring, which was the required waiting period for my insurance company before allowing home testing. I called the doc to find out what I needed to do to get a machine and whatnot, and was put through to the INR clinic nurse. I was...

Hey everyone, I'm back with another question to pick your brains. I am fairly new to the INR/warfarin medication thing, as you know. I went in to the INR clinic yesterday, and they came up with a 2.2 for an INR, and since my target is 2.5-3.5, they bumped my dose slightly up from what it was...

Yesterday was the first time that my INR has been stable enough from check to check that they left my dosing completely alone, which was a big deal mentally for me! Also, I realized later in the day that yesterday marked one month since I was taken off of amioderone, and I haven't had any...

In a previous thread (http://www.valvereplacement.org/forums/showthread.php?38134-Question-for-you...) I explained that I wasn't feeling very good for the last several days. This is an update to that, with a new topic altogether so creating a new thread. Yesterday during cardiac rehab I had a...

This past weekend, I started feeling a bit 'off', almost like I was having a hangover or something. It was kind of that 2-seconds-behind feeling. Along the same times my heart rate was lower than it had been before, dipping down to 45-47 bpm for extended times and averaging low fifties. My...

I just found this section based on topless's post, so posting my seven week scar photo. I hope the attachment works, if not will try another route.

Hello all, I bought myself a heart rate monitor/watch recently, and couldn't bring myself to part with the several hundreds of additional dollars to get the GPS version. Also, the timex version that I was looking at was huge! Anyway, I found Allsport GPS, an application for mobile phones...

I took my last amioderone pill this morning; Yay! I was on it for a month to the day, and hope that I don't need it again. From what I understand, the drug stays in your system for anywhere from 2 to 6 weeks. I am looking forward to it getting out of my system, but at the same time a little...

I just got a call from my INR clinic with my dose for the next week, and it surprised me a little bit. My target up until now has been 2.0-3.0, as set by my surgeon. Last week I was at 3.8, so they dropped me down slightly, and it followed the online dosing checker perfectly. This morning, my...

Hello all, I had my 1-month follow up and handoff to cardiology today, which due to schedules actually occurred on my 6-week post-op date. In general the meetings went very well, with one slight moment of panic. First, I met with my surgeon's PAC, as my surgeon was still in surgery operating...

Hey everyone, I was surfing the internet on my blackberry while between the echo, chest x-ray, and ekg today. I stumbled across a webpage that reported normal mean and max pressure gradients for different mechanical valves, and the results seemed interesting. I made a mental note to find it...

Next Monday I meet with my surgeon for my 1-month follow up (actually 6-weeks, but who's counting). I will also be meeting with my new cardiologist at that time. In preparation for that I will be having an echo, EKG, chest X-ray and non-fasting blood work completed Friday. Based on my...