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Dianne
I have a question for all of those who received a homograft or who have knowledge about them. Did people use a blood thinner in addition to aspirin for a few months or just aspirin after their surgery?
I was released from the hospital on 7/30 with instructions only to use an 81 mg aspirin a day. I was never given Coumadin or Lovenox (sp?) injections. When my platelette count came up a little high (619 on a normal range of 130-400), I asked my doctor if that should be addressed. He increased the aspirin to 325 mg.
It seems like I remember reading or being told that I would come home on an additional thinning agent. I have also recently talked with a few people who all said they also received short term use of a blood thinner in addition to aspirin.They either had bypass or tissue valve relacement. One person who had a bypass said that she was suppose to have been on it short term, but they forgot to send her home on it. She did have a stroke a couple of months later.
Any thoughts on this? I don't want to over react. But having one stroke in the past, I am still concerned about this risk.
Dianne
I was released from the hospital on 7/30 with instructions only to use an 81 mg aspirin a day. I was never given Coumadin or Lovenox (sp?) injections. When my platelette count came up a little high (619 on a normal range of 130-400), I asked my doctor if that should be addressed. He increased the aspirin to 325 mg.
It seems like I remember reading or being told that I would come home on an additional thinning agent. I have also recently talked with a few people who all said they also received short term use of a blood thinner in addition to aspirin.They either had bypass or tissue valve relacement. One person who had a bypass said that she was suppose to have been on it short term, but they forgot to send her home on it. She did have a stroke a couple of months later.
Any thoughts on this? I don't want to over react. But having one stroke in the past, I am still concerned about this risk.
Dianne