Lorraine
Well-known member
Hi Everyone,
We may possibly have a new member joining us. I don't know if I should just post his first name without permission, so I won't at this time. He started in Cardiac Rehab this past Monday. I've been going for three weeks. From the time that we did get to talk each day, I found out he had the Ross procedure about 10 years ago and in October he ended up getting a St. Judes Mechanical in the Aortic position. He was talking to one of the nurses in rehab about being on Coumadin and vitamin K and his INR still being low at 7 weeks out. Of course I was eavesdropping and just had to add my two cents. I told him I did not think his coumadin was being managed very well. I didn't recall still being at 1.5 INR at 7 weeks out and being tested every two days after i had surgery. I told him he needed a different coumadin nurse. This one was coming to his house every couple of days since he was released from the hospital. I told him about our wonderful website valvereplacement.com. Our anticoagulation expert Al, and about Hank who started this wonderful site. He mentioned today he found our site very informative but he didn't know how to log on to post his story. I told him without my computer in front of me I didn't know how to tell him where to navigate to. Unfortunately I didn't get to talk to him again before I left. I'm kinda hoping he will view again and see my post and feel more encouraged to join us and not just lurk. He did like the info he found on vitamin K. He did mention when I asked him, that he does like to eat salads every day. I told him he should continue to eat what he loves and his coumadin dosage can be adjusted around what he eats. He was told of course that he couldn't eat a lot of vitamin K foods. Anyway, that was why I felt I had to turn him on to our vr.com family. I also told him about our local gatherings and that we would be happy to have hime join us.
We may possibly have a new member joining us. I don't know if I should just post his first name without permission, so I won't at this time. He started in Cardiac Rehab this past Monday. I've been going for three weeks. From the time that we did get to talk each day, I found out he had the Ross procedure about 10 years ago and in October he ended up getting a St. Judes Mechanical in the Aortic position. He was talking to one of the nurses in rehab about being on Coumadin and vitamin K and his INR still being low at 7 weeks out. Of course I was eavesdropping and just had to add my two cents. I told him I did not think his coumadin was being managed very well. I didn't recall still being at 1.5 INR at 7 weeks out and being tested every two days after i had surgery. I told him he needed a different coumadin nurse. This one was coming to his house every couple of days since he was released from the hospital. I told him about our wonderful website valvereplacement.com. Our anticoagulation expert Al, and about Hank who started this wonderful site. He mentioned today he found our site very informative but he didn't know how to log on to post his story. I told him without my computer in front of me I didn't know how to tell him where to navigate to. Unfortunately I didn't get to talk to him again before I left. I'm kinda hoping he will view again and see my post and feel more encouraged to join us and not just lurk. He did like the info he found on vitamin K. He did mention when I asked him, that he does like to eat salads every day. I told him he should continue to eat what he loves and his coumadin dosage can be adjusted around what he eats. He was told of course that he couldn't eat a lot of vitamin K foods. Anyway, that was why I felt I had to turn him on to our vr.com family. I also told him about our local gatherings and that we would be happy to have hime join us.