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@pellicle made his own solar heated underfloor heating set up, he has info on his blog. Here in southern NZ it ranges between 30+ celcius in summer and -5 celcius in winter, we have a wood fire for heating and 10 years ago I put a heat tranfer kit in the roof, this has a fan that sucks the...

FWIW my lab uses coaguchek meters which I believe the calibration is checked daily with some sort of test fluid. I check my meter against theres every 12 months or so and its varied from exactly the same to 0.3 difference, so im happy with that. I did google the test fluid and found this for NZ...

Perhaps I should/could have said earler compliance is easier for people with mechanical valves because (I think) more than most they understand without it the chance of clot issues is a very real possibilty and they are already well aware of their condition due to the whole OHS experience...

And then I bet say with an interaction between warfarin and antidepressants that goes in the basket of warfarin side effects rather than the antidepressant side effects basket.

Thanks @Michael O Ok but isn't what you are saying regarding the antidepressants and contraceptives being an interaction of rather than a side effect of? I think or maybe rather muse that maybe a doctor managing multiple patients on warfarin would say warfarin management is not easy but if one...

I hope you went for a ride in a roo to celebrate!!

Funny how the OP hasn't been on here since June 2019... I wonder what they chose....

Getting a bit heated there peoples... I've posted on here several times the worst part of the whole valve thing to me is the ticking and I would quite happily take warfarin for ever if it meant a tissue valve that lasted forever. I've yet to read of an actual minacious side effect of warfarin...

You aussies still ride round in roo’s don’t ya?

I was on an antibiotic (miconazole) years ago, its listed as one that ‘may’ affect INR. My INR ended up getting to 7.7 but it took 3-4 days to go up so I would be inclined to advise test test test daily when on it until you know what affect it will have on you personally.

🍆🍒 Occam's razor

turns out you cant say **** in a post Hes a **** head **** **** **** **** head

Mechanical vs tissue is the name of this thread.... Personal choice is whats its all about isnt it? So that puts prejudice out the window imo How can people state why they made their own choice without being accused of being prejudice? Some of the posters in this thread have had both so which...

So they are saying take 57.5mg a week, up from the 54mg. So 57mg a week is 8.21mg a day and 54mg a week is 7.7mg a day, its much easier and generaly your INR is more stable to think in daily doses not as a lump sum a week. Curious what pill sizes you have-...

Yep its not easy, especially when you feel young and bullet proof. I felt at the time I was not sick before but now I am. In hindsight I would have been dead a few years at least by now if I did not get it done and really for me six years on now and its gone pretty quick since. Its not something...

Its very normal for your warfarin dose to need to increase over several weeks/months after surgery. There are many many references to this fact in the posts here but it might be a difficult one to search out. I started out way back on 5mg daily, Im currently taking 10.5mg. @pellicle...

INRlog is really good. https://www.valvereplacement.org/threads/self-monitoring-inr-from-the-start.887964/post-905172

Whoa 11cm, thats amazing, glad you won the life lotto!

Yep I get the flu *** every year as its free at work. Also its free for people with chronic heart disease. Well worth it imo! This year oddley when I had it I had a misinformed nurse at first refuse to give me the *** because I’m on warfarin, “you cant have it your on warfarin”, “yes I can my...