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You have "faith" that there is a word. You have faith in a grand design plan, You have faith in a good god, You have faith in a purpose... If it makes you a better person and you sleep well at night. We have a winner. but let's not try to be objective about these things. Some have felt...

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Indeed I became more religious but not in the traditional way. I dug deep into why do I believe what I believe. I do believe there is an arrogance clothed in humility that mankind is special. That a particular group of mankind is special. Since I cannot understand the divine plan, then...

Pellicle with Dante's Inferno...yes abandon all hope ye who enter lol

Updates: I had my colonoscopy with my INR at 1.7. I withheld Lovenox for 24 hours prior to the procedure on Tuesday morning. They removed two small polyps and used clips. When I got home Tuesday evening, I restarted Warfarin and Lovenox, I continued Lovenox on Wednesday morning and I noticed...

Tom in MO Your arguement is the just a mirror of those who say I will take a tissue valve and have a redo in a few years because I don't like warfarin. Why would you want 2 colonoscopies? Any procedure carries risks. The scope could perforate the colon and... You go into a colonoscopy to...

Withheld Warfarin on Friday with 3.1 INR Saturday evening I was at 2.7 INR I wish I could say I am a brave soul but I couldn't sleep Saturday night and I tested again Sunday morning and I was at 2.4 INR (6 am) so probably 2.1 this evening and on track to be under 1.5 by Monday and for my...

Just to be clear cologuard is a polite screener that is not a standard. It is a decent screener. That said, a colonoscopy allows proper diagnosis and why have 2 a screener and polyp biopsy later? I was 3.1 on Friday, withheld warfarin and I am 2.7 today. I expect to be around 2.0 on Sunday...

I think there should be a sticky on procedures on warfarin and put all this wisdom in one place.

Thanks Pellicle and everyone. My understanding from reading is that bleeding is the greater risk than thromboembolism. My cardio wants daily INR to get us below 2.0 withold warfarin and bridge, resume warfarin a day after the procedure and continue till in therapeutic range. For that, I have...

I have the procedure scheduled in a week and I am talking to my cardiologist tomorrow. I have not seen in here a discussion of this procedure, whether to bridge or not given that there might be biopsy of polyps and what not. My gastroenterologist left it to my Cardio to make the call and I got...

I doubt niacinamide will do the trick. You need Nicotinic acid, the other Niacin. I have been on it for about 6 months. My LDL has come down though it is still too high. My HDL went up from 43 to 60 and my triglycerides are way down. I take 3g on Niacin at once, lunch time. If I skip a day...

Hi Amy, I think you are worrying too much...lol. That said...the 2/3 day post surgery stay aims to get your INR in range and to make sure your bowel movements and you can comfortably walk around. Your cardiologist will have you do clinic runs for INR testing until he is comfortable that you...

I think someone should just start a warfarin myths page and it will be a reference for questions that are - to me, anyway - annoying. Warfarin does not change your diet or habits just activities. You cannot play competitive contact sports on Warfarin. You don't want to chance head injuries...

So is the severe stenosis going to get better? As it is your heart is remodeling to accommodate the bad valve. The heart will become muscular, the ventricles will dilate and before you know it heart failure will be knocking on your door. The pressure of stenotic valves can cause all manner of...

This study shows that despite the design differences that characterize the On-X valve, the hemodynamic and turbulence parameters were not necessarily improved compared with SJM. https://www.jtcvs.org/article/S0022-5223(19)30484-2/abstract

I do believe this forum has On-X paid trolls that have to once in a while make claims of the superiority of On-x valves or lower INR requirement. SJM is the current standard. Anything else is a come upper. Now maybe in a few years we will have a new standard but that is time and science not...

I don't know about not hearing my valve. I have learned to ignore it like the TV in the background or muzak that I can work through without hearing but every once in a while in a conference when there is that awkward silence. The valves announces itself, good thing folks tend to look at...

Get an echo not EKG. Echo looks at the heart, chambers, valves, wall thickness, blood flow. EKG looks at electric signals. You definitely need an echo.

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