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Yeah They often have issues finding veins with me as well. Recovering from OHS once they took out the one line tap where they could just take blood there was one time after 3 sticks to draw blood I sent them out of the room and told them to send a more experienced person. Same last year when I...

I believe they will only try right wrist.

I never felt any aches or pains due to the sternal wires. What I did have was occasional poking from the abandoned pacing wires for the first year or so then nothing. I am 2 weeks from my 2 year surgery anniversary.

Sorry stats. There are some published statistics listed on here from studies done that shows the number of events based on years is lowest in the 2.5 - 3.0 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6482495/#!po=39.2857 From the report; When we combined the 6 INR groups into 3 INR groups...

Heparin should not be detected in an INR number, there is separate blood reading they do for how effective Heparin is. If you range is 2-3 and you are at 2.2 Why do they want to you half your dose. One frustration I have with the INR people was the constant dosage tweaking and the alternating...

I have 8 wires,the top one I think I can feel if I really try, but I just leave them. I was more annoyed by the abandoned pacing wires the first year as they cause potential MRI concerns and would poke me occasionally. After the first year they stopped battleground me so I am good. Cardio said...

If they remove polyps they will want you back for a real colonoscopy. I need to go back this year due to the size they found, I will always be on the real procedure plan.

I had a a colonoscopy 14 months ago. I bridged for 3-4 days before and started up next day on warfarin and bridged for over 5 days after before my INR got decent. Make sure your gastro knows you are a bleed risk. 2 days after I had a GI bleed that landed me in the hospital for 3 days and they...

Hell I was at 4.7 for years and glad I waited as I would not have been able to afford the trip to do it at Cleveland as I was firs at 4.7 for like 5 years before I got my surgery.

I thought I read somewhere that if you get a clot on the valve they will replace it, although they can try and dissolve it first.

My understanding is not the blood draw, but the risk of something getting into the blood stream that can then lodge and grow on the mechanical valve in the area where the force of blood will not dislodge that. Dental premeds are preventive since they usually draw blood and the mouth being the...

I agree. Much of this is about risks. I tried the electric shaving for over 28 months and I found it was irritating and I could still draw blood. Then I would rotate, 2 weeks electric then 2 weeks razor. Finally I said screw it and went back to full time razor and yes I get an occasional cut...

I think the safe thing is anything that adds a lot of Vit. K. There are some good articles out there that give you the guidance. There are some things you don't realize have a high amount a Vit. K.

I did a lot of research back in 2007 when they diagnosed me and started many of the supplements then. Fish Oil is the trickiest as many will say they 1000 or 1200mg, but when you look at the EPA and DHA they have maybe 300mg. Garlic was the most recent additions maybe 4 years ago. Magnesium...

You need real Niacin (and like 2000mg a day), there are numerous studies on this about it raising HDL as well. I have always struggled to get my HDL above 40. I tried real Niacin a while back and things were looking good until I started getting discolored skim patches. You will need periodic...

What range are you trying to hit? How recent and what valve in which position? I was fixated on the numbers at first as it probably took 2-3 months to get fairly consistent INR readings. Are you on warfarin? Are you also on a daily 81mg aspirin? I find my body takes for more than the normal 3...

my understanding is that Dr. Roselli only does aorta work now. When I looked 2 years ago he was booked out 4-5 months and they had assigned me Dr. Unai who was fantastic. Unai does a long of heart lung transplants as well which have to be far more complicated. Unai’s nurse that I dealt with was...

True, but dosage changes take days to have impact so it is important to know you INR before you go on a spinach binge. Also have a bleed scare last year I had talks with several DRs and the feeling is going low INR for a day or 2 or 3 with an mechanical Aortic valve is very low risk.

I am same, I target 2.6 and am happy with 2.5-3.0 as that is the statistically lowest risk of an event.

When I was diagnosed at 4.3i was told avoid anything that is rapid rise in BP, things like cardio works out which were cardio and gradual built up and steady were OK, but heavy lifting that was strenuous was discouraged.