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I have had endocarditis twice. Both times it was strep but different strains of strep. I was told that most strep comes from the mouth. But I had no obvious cause so—. I rinse with listerene before brushing and do not floss but use a waterpik. I’ve also been taking cephalexin 2x daily for the...

My husband is on xarelto and I’m on warfarin. We recently had a vaccine. After we got home I suggested we take off our bandaids and compare. His had a small amount of blood. Mine had no blood. Interesting.

I have a St Jude grafted aortic valve. The ticking/thumping doesn’t really bother me. I have noticed that when I lay on my right side to go to sleep the ticking is really loud. When I lay on my left side I hardly hear it. So I almost always go to sleep on my left side. I haven’t seen anyone else...

Just had a colonoscopy. My cardiologist insists on bridging. I have a St Jude grafted aortic valve. I hate the Lovenox injections. I get huge bruises. My inr drops like a rock and takes forever to come back up to range. Better than taking a chance of having a stroke.

I will be 73 next month so this really hits home with me. I’m so very sorry for your loss. You may never get over the loss. As long as you have the memories of her in your heart, she will not truly be gone.

I’ve had a st Jude grafted valve for 14 yrs and am doing great. Warfarin has been pretty much a nonissue. I test weekly and self dose for the most part. Good luck to you.

I had a grafted st Jude valve put in via the Bentall procedure 14 yrs ago. It’s still ticking just great. Good luck!

Just to relate my similar experience—I had endocarditis about 5 yrs ago—strep. Have no idea how I got it. Spent 7 days in the hospital and went home with a picc line and 6 weeks of iv antibiotics. All was good. Just over a year later I had a second round of endocarditis—strep but a different...

My cardiologist’s office wouldn’t give me my Coaguchek xs until they trained me on it. They didn’t know that I had already bought a Coaguchek several years before and was testing myself weekly and going to the lab monthly. It took years for me to convince my Coumadin clinic that I needed to test...

So glad you worked out a way to get your test strips—one less thing to stress about.

I experienced pvc’s fairly regularly until after my 2nd bout of endocarditis. Not sure if there is a correlation but?? I had part of my colon removed in august. Now I have to be really careful to not get dehydrated I get light headed, blood pressure drops and pulse goes up.

My cardiologist has me on both warfarin and 81mg aspirin. She explained that the do different things.

I have had endocarditis twice—just over a year apart. Bothe were strep but different strains. Infectious disease dr insisted that strep comes from the mouth. But I had a full dental checkup and there were no problems. So they decided to put me on Keflex twice a day—probably for the rest of my...

I am so sorry about all the stress you are having to deal with right now. I pray that things smoothe out and you’re able to find your peace again.

****—you are an inspiration to all of us. I’m only at 13 yrs but have had 2 other major surgeries along with 2 rounds of endocarditis. But I’m still ticking.

I learned early on from all the great people on this site that we know more about warfarin management and how our body reacts than any of the professionals. Unfortunately my cardiologist has a Coumadin clinic that I have to deal with. Early on they required monthly testing and that I use only...

You are truly an inspiration to all of us. At 13 yrs, I’m a relative newby.

Congratulations on your 15!!

When I lay on my right side the beating sound is very noticeable and sometimes bothers me. But if I lay on my left side, I don’t hear it. But it is comforting to hear it beating—at the right speed and steadily.

I am so sorry for all the stresses in your life right now. Hopefully everything will get resolved soon and you will find your peace again.