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Your cough is from the heart, it will get better. Good luck in your new life after OHS.

So sorry, but things have a strange way of working out unexpectedly. So sorry.

No matter the cause of death, it is very painful wither you are there or not. That was your mother, and it hurts when their life is over. My mother died from complications from RA, for she suffered all her life. And at the end, she suffered from Leukemia, a side effect from RA. It attacks the...

Many are, but cardio's are busy and overbooked. But most of us are doing okay with our cardio's. I am and have a team of people that work together.

Mechanical would be best for it does not always require resurgery, like you would with a cow valve. and due to you having heart issues, you will have to premed before any dental cleaning or work done, and after. Go with the mechanical, Warfarin is easy to manage. I have St. Jude's leaflet and...

Good to share for those who have studied more than the rest of us. Glad you are doing better. And welcome to the zipper club.

There are times they do this, for ER doctors are not educated on cardiac issues. And they often think indigestion or gas for when we are having a heart attack. You were lucky to have stayed there and they discovered their mistake quickly enough. For the incision pain, normal for it takes the...

My cardo doctor and nurse and PC students love to hear clicking, not ticking. LMAO!

Causes the usual allergic affects and she was here many years ago. She was on bridge therapy for a surgical procedure and when she got back on the warfarin, she had a severe, serious reaction to the warfarin when she got back on it, in the hospital. There have been people on here that also have...

To the warfarin itself, there are a number who develop the allergy to it over time. There was one member here years ago who was on bridge for a surgical procedure and that was when the allergy was found when she went back on the warfarin. It happens. The doctors have the patient on another med...

And some people can become allergic to warfarin. And there other meds that can be used when allergic reactions happen. Not unheard of.

That is why I wear a medical alert bracelet and have an information card in my purse. No one by I can access my phone with my code to open the phone.

You need to speak to your cardio, there have been people that have reactions sometimes after doing bridge therapy. But for warfarin, we have to live with taking it and take blood tests once a year to check for effects. Not much of choices out there yet. But someday.

Warfarin does not thin the hair, or greys the hair, but can make one lose a few more extra hairs. But my Hair is naturally thin, but as age set in, got fuzzier. And the grey is natural, just speckle a bit.

That is what I have and wear all the time. For I am not just a heart person on warfarin, I am type 2 diabetic.

If I am unconscious, nothing will open the phone without the ID code that only know. I wear a bracelet that has information needed. It tells that I am a cardiac patient, diabetic and on warfarin.

But you have a sever bleed out, these will not stop a sever bleed, which is also you or someone has to put pressure on the bleed site till help arrives.

Bad thing is with most new phone go by face recognition and a code number to unlock the smart phones.

We have some in the USA who do not go by the standards. Good you have a great doctor watching out for you.