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When I had my AVR I was “gifted” a coaguchek xs meter by the NZ importer for St Jude, and I have never looked back with self testing and self management 100%. Had I not received this meter (and the generous help of this forum) Im not sure where I would be with self management. I have just...

Do you have a coaguchek meter or intend to buy one? Are you planning on self management? Looks pretty clear your dose needs to go up a bit.

Hi I think with your INR at 4.0 a 50% one off dose reduction is a safe bet and it will get you down to in range a bit quicker. Im lucky im on 9.5mg a day (a bit easier to adjust whole pills 😊) so with an INR over 4.0 I would probably do a 5mg one day 7mg the next and then back to normal dose...

I got the flu *** yesterday (had it every year for years) and the nurse at first refused because I said I was on warfarin when asked.... Then I said my INR was 2.3 last week.. “oh ok youv got a well managed INR”, then I got the stab. Do they honestly think a needle prick will result in...

Yep I have petachie on the tops of both my feet, been there a few years. Doctor said its from warfarin and from what Ive read its just iron deposits from micro bleeds under the skin. So “normal” for some and nothing to worry about.

Maybe if and when you get on the other side of the OHS fence you will understand the other recent comments made here, and how they may be coming off as offensive to other members, I have friends who have had heart transplants, friends whos grandchildren have had 3 OHS by the time they turned...

When you read some of the posts in this thread a dentist giving INR advice seems like a roading engineer doing a wheel alignment on a car... https://www.valvereplacement.org/threads/colonoscopy.887982/page-2

@carolinemc just curious is the angry face on my post because you agree with what I said or you dont like what I wrote?

Just to add also something iv noticed is many professionals dont know the difference between someone on warfarin for a valve and someone on warfarin for afib.

If you search “dental” in the forum there are lots of threads on this topic https://www.valvereplacement.org/search/289772/?q=Dental&o=relevance

I never been asked to skip a dose of warfarin to have my teeth cleaned or any dental procedure, seems very over the top for not much gain in skipping one dose. I dont think you will bleed to death from your gums... I take 2000mg of an antibiotic 1 hour prior to my dental appointment.

I think I might have had error 4 once and I removed the small clip in panel at the front where you slide the strips in and I cleaned it with a cotton bud,, I think it was @pellicle that helped me with that one, for what its worth it does sound like a meter issue especially if you have the same...

My cardiologist was involved in this study after the Canterbury earthquake here in NZ- https://www.otago.ac.nz/hekitenga/2019/otago731147.html

Not sure if this ones been posted yet, bit further away from human trials than Foldax- https://healthcare-in-europe.com/en/news/new-heart-valve-could-transform-open-heart-surgery.html

Not sure if this ones been posted yet- https://healthcare-in-europe.com/en/news/new-heart-valve-could-transform-open-heart-surgery.html

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28485280/

Looks like Furtiva human trials are finally happening- https://heartvalvesociety.org/meeting/abstracts/2021/A2.cgi

Marketing aside they are all cut from the same stone so to speak- https://www.onxlti.com/message-to-patients/x-heart-valve-story/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Jude_Medical When Onx were having their “carbon breakthrough” in the early 90s my fathers St Jude had already been ticking for...

I think Protime was referring to the “m” word.. Malpractice is more like stopping a mechanical valvers warfarin like this- https://i.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/news/67608838/sons-say-doctors-sloppy-attitude-caused-dads-death

Congratulations!!! A St Jude valve did 36 years for my father who passed a few weeks ago from unrelated causes My St Judes 5 1/2 yrs old and annoys me daily lol :-) They are truly a marvelous thing!