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I was advised not to drive for 8 weeks, and if riding in a car I was to be in the back seat and never the front seat... in an accident the airbags could hit you pretty hard.

Not gonna lie, my surgery kicked my *** in a way I never expected. At 44 my surgeon considered me young because I was healthy, active and strong. He said those are the patients he sees have a a bit more difficulty recovering. He said when you're stronger the incision and separation of bone will...

Wait! what? subject to criminal penalties? what on earth do you mean by that?

That happened to a guy I knew when I was younger. Before I even know I would have to have that same surgery. He was advised he needed surgery, but was in disbelief and terrified at the idea of heart surgery. He was very young (about 30) so its easy to imagine, that he thought he had more time...

Ive had both my Phizer shots. No big deal at all. My On-X is still clicking away

Man I hated that thing! But it most definitely makes all the difference. I still have mine five years later and can't bring myself to get rid of it. Its a trophy of sorts

My surgeon told me kind of the same thing. He said my heart was irritable. My resting rate was around 90 after surgery. Several weeks later it settled down. I still felt it was high though. Worked on exercising to get it down. My current resting hear rate is around 60, sometimes lower.

Mine was 5 hours (I was told) for ministernotomy, valve replacement, aortic graft, and atrial appendage clip

I had a follow up appointment with my surgeon after I was discharged from the hospital. Don't recall how many weeks after that it was. But there's been one or two things that had come up after my surgery (another story) that I did reach out to my surgeons office. The office staff seemed intent...

I would imagine thats more on your surgeon than your cardiologist. But there's no harm in asking. If you were released by your surgeon I don't see why your cardiologist would feel the need to look at anything since your surgery was so recent.

I would imagine, most people aren't good at managing their own dosing and so forth. Or haven't educated themself enough on the topic to really know what they are doing and end up in a yo-yo effect with INR swings up and down.

I followed the On-X guidelines for the first 4 years. Then my cardiologist decided he wasnt comfortable with the 1.5-2.0 range and upped me to 2.0-2.5 I would have been fine to stay at the range I was in, but I upped my range to accommodate my doctors concern based on something he said he had...

Oh great, thats just great... :cautious:

Tylenol fine. Aspirin or Ibuprofen not fine (according to my Dr.) Although personally, Tylenol doesn't do anything for me. Ibuprofen however can be a lifesaver for me sometimes. So I only take it occasionally when its really needed.

After inquiring about needles with Roche, they provided me with a new soft-clix pen and needles refills. Gave them a go for the first time today. After a few tries which failed to get a decent drop of blood, I was successful after setting the needle at the 4.5 setting. The recommended 2.0 was...

Im no doctor so my opinion is only that... opinion. But having said that, some of what she's experiencing may even be from the meds she's been prescribed. Meteprolol can really zap your energy and make you just feel kinda lousy in general. If you feel its not being super beneficial, maybe even...

Magnesium and B12 help me greatly

I think (not positive) the measurements taken in any of those tests depend on the interpretation of the radiologist. So the images may appear different to different people determining the results. It’s mostly judging mushy pixels on a screen to get a measurement. Lots of high tech computer...

Yes a personal decision for sure. I would also go one and done though. Having been on warfarin now I can honestly say its been no big deal for me. None of the scary stuff they say can potentially happen has ever happened to me in the past five years. In the future will it, who knows... But Ive...

Hey where are you getting this info? Im trying to learn more about the differences in lancets but everything I have found for these Accu-Chek lancets is only about testing for diabetics. I have always been under the impression that blood samples for INR testing are different and require a larger...