Pixelgrowth

Hey congrats on making it through!!! Mine got moved to Monday morning so I'll be joining the club soon. Wishing you a speedy and smooth...

welcome to the other side

Welcome to the other side

I hope your surgery goes well or went well. Just took my first walk today. Definitely sore but glad it's over with.

Awesome. Good to know. My Dr seems pretty happy with the results from them and their studies. But I'll try my best not to get food...

In my view, you and your surgeon are being wise in not going with the lower INR.

Seems like a good call :) I'm also getting my on-x this weekend. Best of luck to both of us.

Spoke with the surgeon again today. My surgery is Friday morning. CT scan came back and it looks like my roots should be intact. He'll...

I'm not either so I'm not sure. He made it seem like the homograft has more tissue attached so they have more to work with vice a...

Spoke with my surgeon today. We both came to the conclusion that the Ross procedure may not be the best option. Mainly due to the two...

Thank you for this information. I do find that wild that people wouldn't take their medication serious. But it does make me feel better...

I am not sure where you got your info, but alcohol, cranberry juice, green tea and thc are not contraindicated if you are on warfarin...

There is a common misconception that you are more susceptible to strokes if you have a mechanical valve. In a sense you could say yes...

I haven't written it off. I may decide to go with a different hospital though but that's for personal reasons. Mainly the stats look...

Well I'd say statistically the most likely way I would die would be in a car crash and warfarin makes those odds go up. Id be restricted...