Lorraine
Well-known member
Hi Everyone,
Last week I went for my cardio visit. My two year anniversary isn't until March 8th, so he saw me a little early. He checked me over and said everything sounded good. My INR was at 3.6, which I was totally happy with. I had spent all of December and part of January trying to get it out of the 1.7 to 2.3 range. So now I'm back in range.
I had to go back to my Stress/Echo today, and according to the cardio I passed with flying colors. I went over 10 minutes on the Treadmill and was on the highest incline, got my heartrate up there and when they did the last echo as I was finally just starting to gasp for breathe, the cardio said my two valves are doing exactly what they should be doing. He didn't see any leakage and the blood was flowing through beautifully. I was a little apprehensive since the last time I had an Stress/Echo was when they were first trying to find out what was wrong with me in November of 2000. I've had a couple of Echos done since then, but not the Stress/Echo. I just had to share this because I felt so great about it. I was never a runner or jogger in the past so for me this was a real milestone.
I also was talking to the technician hooking me up for the Stress/Echo and I happen to mention our Fourm. The more I talked about it, the more intrigued she became. She said she felt it would be a great site to mention to all their patients who have up and coming surgeries. I told her all about the support we all give each other before and after surgery. She immediately pulled the site up on the computer and started looking at it. My medical group is called Midwest Heart Specialist, so maybe we will start to get some members from referrals from my medical group. I think that would be
Just had to share both my results and the fact that someone from my medical took a real interest in our site.
Last week I went for my cardio visit. My two year anniversary isn't until March 8th, so he saw me a little early. He checked me over and said everything sounded good. My INR was at 3.6, which I was totally happy with. I had spent all of December and part of January trying to get it out of the 1.7 to 2.3 range. So now I'm back in range.
I had to go back to my Stress/Echo today, and according to the cardio I passed with flying colors. I went over 10 minutes on the Treadmill and was on the highest incline, got my heartrate up there and when they did the last echo as I was finally just starting to gasp for breathe, the cardio said my two valves are doing exactly what they should be doing. He didn't see any leakage and the blood was flowing through beautifully. I was a little apprehensive since the last time I had an Stress/Echo was when they were first trying to find out what was wrong with me in November of 2000. I've had a couple of Echos done since then, but not the Stress/Echo. I just had to share this because I felt so great about it. I was never a runner or jogger in the past so for me this was a real milestone.
I also was talking to the technician hooking me up for the Stress/Echo and I happen to mention our Fourm. The more I talked about it, the more intrigued she became. She said she felt it would be a great site to mention to all their patients who have up and coming surgeries. I told her all about the support we all give each other before and after surgery. She immediately pulled the site up on the computer and started looking at it. My medical group is called Midwest Heart Specialist, so maybe we will start to get some members from referrals from my medical group. I think that would be
Just had to share both my results and the fact that someone from my medical took a real interest in our site.
