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That’s why I’ve been told by my doc I can use antihistamine but nothing with ephedrine. Ephedrine is what’ll increase heart rate

Very true, my private insurance at the time of my surgery was well worth the cost of it. I got the best care around and without a single delay. It was determined I needed surgery and it was scheduled very quickly. Every service I was provided was top notch and given without question. Payment was...

Started my 10 days of Cepalexin and its already a joy. I don't know is they really say antibiotics really make you feel tired or dizzy but I sure think they do.

The healthcare billing and payment systems in the US are so complex its beyond ridiculous. Billers know all the ins and outs and back doors to submit bills for payment any and every which way. I think the insurance carriers have to know they are being bilked over and over again. Even the racket...

I had a ministernotomy and my incision scar is about three inches long compared to the traditional 10-12". Although my original plan was Intercostal Valve Replacement Surgery where they go through the space between ribs without cracking any breastbone leaving only a two inch scar. I was told the...

Yeahhh, thats pretty much what I figured. I have a call into my doctors office and waiting for them to get back to me. Its always such a pain too because I feel like they assume Im being a big baby when I insist on coming in. If they even can get me into the schedule. Then bring on the heavy...

Ok so not long after valve surgery I was told by my cardio that strep throat for me was now something to be taken very seriously. He told me if I ever even think I might have strep to go to my primary care doctor and get on antibiotics right away, (due to the complications of strep potentially...

I have a small waterproof pill container I keep in my car glovebox with a dozen extra doses of warfarin and some low dose aspirin. Thats my just incase stash. If I should realize I forgot a dose, or in the event I don't get home until the next day I have pills handy. Its been relied upon more...

Wow! 3-6 weeks sounds pretty good. I was in pain for like 3 months

In my experience (having used many of them) any of those products is only slightly more effective than a simple ice pack or heating pad. I occasionally do use icy hot patches when I hurt my lower back, which are similar to those listed, but noticed no change in my INR. Not sure whats in those...

I thought I read a story once, maybe someone here will recall... something about a mechanical valve patient who went several years without Coumadin and seemingly had no problems... I think he lived in India or something like that.

my On-X ticks quite clearly. I can hear it right now as I’m writing this. Not sure who told you it’s quieter. Maybe it is? I have nothing to compare it to. But I can definitely hear my ticking. It’s often hard to know if I’m hearing it from within my body or if the sound is outside my chest...

Not sure what I might do once I run out of warfarin, but I would have to try something. Maybe I should start a stockpile of booze as well. If I can't medicate I can just drink every day in hopes of thinning my blood.

Anything that could be done to prolong the shelf life of drugs? Like I mentioned Ive only been saving them for a couple of reasons. 1) it seems a waste to throw them away. Plus I don't even know if its right to throw them in the garbage or how to dispose of unused drugs 2) Now I have an incase...

Was never 100% sure myself. But when I was in the hospital, Jantoven is what my surgeon prescribed and its what I have been on ever since. I knew it was Warfarin so I used the term generic as sort of a broad term. If its a brand name maybe its somewhat obscure

Wondering if the many pill bottles that I have accumulated of Jantoven (generic for Coumadin) which are quite full might be slowly going bad. I have several bottles as I was previously on prescription for 5mg daily and 2 mg twice a week. Well the way the prescription was always written was...

Doing anything yourself would be. Unless you shouldn't, which in this particular case you might find out the cost much much later. Possibly even too late. I use the coagucheck meter and this service and my meter, supplies and recording service cost me nothing... $zero. Medical testing supplies...

There is, that’s what makes it such a great show! Or I should say made 😞

That makes me mad. Ive had so many things get put into my medical records that were either inaccurate or just plain wrong. But once they go in the file they NEVER come out and just follow you for years. Whether its my fault or the doctors faults. Once they are in the file they literally cannot...

It is a perfect analogy. For me it was in regards to my aneurysm, and if that lets go, its too late to do surgery... no time left.