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I work for Houston Methodist corporate at Greenbriar and Braeswood. Not too far from you.

Bug the nurse! I'll be in town tomorrow, just a shuttle away, so if you need anything, let me know.

Demanding and grumpy is a good thing...sort of! Glad to hear it went well.

It's been 5 hours since you posted, so I'm hoping you'll be hearing something soon, if you haven't already. Prayers that all is going well and his recovery will be seamless. I remember writing "just in case" letters to my husband and kids, who were 3 & 5, and leaving them where I knew they'd...

I posted on the other thread and now I see that you did decide to go with Dr. Reardon and will be at HMH. If you feel up to it, let me know where to find you and I'll come say hi. I'm in Houston on Tuesday and Thursday, so I figure you probably won't be up for a visit on Tuesday and will be...

Hello! When you decide which surgeon you're going with a have a date, let me know. If you'll be at Houston Methodist, I can ride the shuttle over from my office once you're ready for visitors!

Many of us who had replacement before the days of internet were in the dark and went completely with what our surgeons said. I knew the story of Lewis Grizzard and how multiple replacements led to his early death, but didn't really know what options I had. I was 36 when I had mine replaced and...

Elcarim, that is ridiculous and I'm sorry they treated you that way! I know there are people with mechanical tricuspid valves who are just fine. The following sentence is the conclusion from a study I found on a quick google search...

What did you mean by this? That's the reason for my statement and I'm not sure how different phrasing would make it more clear.

I don't remember exactly, but know it was low because the doctor noted that we needed to remember that my body cleared the excess Warfarin really fast. I still drop like a rock when I hold a dose, and typically holding two doses will put me at 1.0, no matter how high I was. I don't recall when...

I believe 6.7 +/- 3.3 days means that 68% of people experience the effect anywhere from 3.4 days to 10 days.

When I first had surgery in 1998, mine was measured by PT. I don't remember what the goal was, but I do remember getting a call from my Cardiologist around 6-6:30 on a Saturday morning asking if I was bleeding anywhere in/on my body. After assuring him that I wasn't, he told me that my PT was...

Not really because most of the people who think they want that have no idea what Canadian or British or French or.... healthcare is really like. A woman I work with had a baby in England about 7 years ago and was in a ward with 7 other women. That doesn't even happen at the charity hospitals...

I've never found anything I eat or drink to interact with Warfarin except if I'm on vacation and drink more alcohol than usual. When I'm going to be drinking more than usual, I stick with Bloody Marys made with V-8 to balance the alcohol against the vegetables!

I've done those same tests. For years I thought that everybody saw two!

You mentioned a muscle problem that caused vision issues and dizziness. That's what the prism is for. I'm not certain when the current form first was used, but they've been around in some form since at least the early 1900s. There is a temporary prism lens that can be stuck on glasses called the...

Just like the rest of the developed world, Australia has prism lenses. https://www.microprismvision.com.au/eyewear/prism-prescription-glasses/

This is very interesting. About 3 months after surgery, I had an episode of double vision that lasted maybe 5 minutes. It would happen again sporadically so I mentioned it to my Cardio and he said it could be TIAs and no big deal. Some years later, I was referred to a neuro-ophthalmologist...

When I had surgery in 1998, one of the rules they sent me home with was to use an electric razor to shave. I got one, but within a few months, it ended up in the bottom of the bathroom drawer, never to be seen again until we moved 13 years later. Any woman will tell you they just don't work...