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This would suggest cardiovascular calcification is an immune response- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0021915020301076 “Cardiovascular calcification is regulated through an integrated combination of innate and adaptive immune responses” “Immunomodulatory drugs possess...

Iv heard the same regarding magnesium supplements in helping the management of arrythmia, from someone whos wife had arrythmia and had relief with magnesium.

Hi wigwam, my 2 cents worth.. My father had a St Jude bileaflet mechanical valve for 36 yrs until his passing at age 79 last year unrelated to his valve. So mechanical valves do exactly what it says on the tin... last your lifetime. Warfarin for me certainly caused me some anxiety early on but...

Hi Amanda, I recall I was still in the ‘feel like I’ve been in a car crash’ phase at 2 weeks, day by day it slowly gets better

I had my sternum wires removed 11 months after my AVR, my INR was 2.1 so in my range of 2-3. Two incisions, didnt need a blood tranfusion lol Last year I had a nurse at first refuse to give me a flu vaccine because i’m on warfarin, I set her straight when I rattled off my INR result from a few...

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/us-man-with-pig-heart-transplant-dies-two-months-after-experiment/S6ZURO5HPFLKMIDTJEY7CRK36M/

Perhaps there is an alternative to Fluconazole you can take for the short time you are on warfarin? I googled alternatives to Fluconazole and Caspofungin is listed as an alternative treatment that doesn't appear to affect warfarin treatment. Warfarin treatment and antifungal agent caspofungin...

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Pretty sure the words ‘wish’ and ‘rather’ have two very different definitions.

Looks like the recipiant is still going well- https://www.google.co.nz/amp/s/amp.floridatoday.com/amp/9289510002 Brilliant!!

Shame the OP hasn’t been here since November to read your wonderful heartening story @mina Hopefully @extraordinary might pop in soon!

Hi Byron, welcome I’m on ‘team St Jude’ as well. Mines 6 years young and my father had his St Jude 36 years until he passed last year from an unrelated cause.

If you live to 150 you might end up like that Brad Pitt movie Benjamin Button and start getting young again once you hit 80 or so...🤪😂

Congratulations! The first two years to me seemed to come round quick and for me 6 years even quicker.

Truly amazing!

Its a hard one alright, I had sleeping pills in those first few months and they do help. Now days I’m out like a light watching tv but go to bed and its still sometimes hours of wide awake click click click. Maybe try a radio on or tv or white noise machine, I love it when it rains and find...

I thought it was a bit like grams and kilograms being the same thing just different units errr sorta... um... yea......... PT of 11 to 13.5 seconds same as INR of 0.8 to 1.1 I know the XS can give the results in PT if you want, not that I do , the difference between say 1.8 and 2.4 is a bit more...

I have calcification of my anterior mitral valve leaflet and trace regurgitaion of all my valves including my mechanical but this is pretty normal as I understand it. I believe leaflet calcification is degenerative so once calcification starts it slowly works away over the years to potentially...

Hi just another thing I have noticed when testing if I am a bit dehydrated it seems to make getting a good drop harder. Ive stabbed multiple fingers to get a good drop and yep then they all start bleeding when its too late lol

I hear ya... and second that 😏