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Oh how I wish my pre-op cardiac cath had been ‘interesting’. An Asian woman doctor at CC did mine, I’ve long blocked her name out; I was so out of it and I don’t remember feeling anything or reacting to anything, but the doctor afterwards said I was very anxious and difficult, and that I...

So that makes a total of how many machines you have now? Ha ha - aren’t you the one with like six or eight of them? ; ) Sigh. Men and their machines.

I’ve been using 23 gauge accu-chek safe-t pro plus lancets; also actually, embarrassingly, forgot the depth was adjustable; I usually use some pressure to really push, and get a little bruise sometimes. They come out to about 25 cents each, but that’s if I get a good deal. So with these - -...

Pushups and flinging your arm around like a helicopter?! Now I won’t feel silly anymore about breaking out into some jumping jacks.

I was started on 25 mg of metoprolol post-op and it was wayyyy too much, it was awful being so out of it/half asleep/feeling like a huge fat person was sitting on me. I think I ended up taking a half pill, then a quarter, so just 6.25 mg, for months. When I decided to come off of it, i thought I...

Ooooh, they’re *golden*.

This is really good advice. My husband gave it to me and it worked twice to get a warfarin prescription, after other doctors refused, since I’m self-managing INR and won’t go to their Coumadin clinics. I need a good cardiologist too. Lately I feel like all doctors (I’ve seen six in the last...

I’m 2 years post-op and have had daily constant arthritis-like pains for 4 months, in bones of the pelvis, (front & back) arms, hands, feet, toes, hips... They seem to be increasing, and are especially triggered by certain foods, like cheese or sugar. I’m only 42, and was perfectly healthy...

I was also put on the tartrate post-op without explanation or warning - something like 25 mg 2x/day, which was way too much - I had this same experience: Ended up finding that 12.5 mg once a day was better; then went down to just a quarter pill a day for months, so 6.25 mg.... And I had to...

This sounds scary: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25501289/ I’ve had constant lower abdominal pain for three months now, and am trying to find a potential cause. It’s two years post op, and I’ve been on 81 mg aspirin a day with warfarin. Has anyone else had chronic pain develop in your lower...

Something I wish I’d done post-op (I guess I had too much else on my mind) was to have a big *** candy dish on my hospital table, full of all the best candy, so the nurses would be more likely to come visit and check on me more often. I know it’s frustrating and sad. Are you at the Cleveland...

I was so out of it, lonely and depressed immediately post-op, (1 year and 9 months ago) that just seeing familiar movies on TV in the hospital was so reassuring (it was Dances with Wolves & Mrs Doubtfire, haha) and miraculously pulled me out of my worry and fear. And I’ve never been a big TV...

Some small tips from me for the CC, for once you’re on a step-down floor, after you leave the ICU. 1. Get your surgeon to allow you to sleep at night without nurses coming in every couple hours to weigh you, take your blood, etc. there’s a name for this ‘permission’ but I can’t remember it -...

I have the body-shaking heartbeat sometimes too, but I noticed it before surgery too when meditating. Something new though is the eye-shaking heartbeat, particularly noticeable in the morning and also when I’m suddenly scared and my heart pounds super hard, like when almost attacked by a dog...

So it does. I wonder whether that was intact on my last order, or if it was just the seller’s tape I had to peel off. Hmm. I’ll be sure to check more closely next time - thank you. But yes, curious indeed for there to be no seal on the bottom..

I could be mistaken but I don’t think the boxes of strips, at least for the Coaguchek XS, are sealed to begin with, are they? Nor are the plastic tubes of strips. The last box of strips I ordered had some tape over the fold-down box flaps, but I think the seller did that. Can anyone confirm?...

So....you don’t mention any complications post-op. If you didn’t have any, you are extremely lucky; however, not having had them, you neither have the gratitude that comes from them finally going away. Embarrassed? Who gives a $&*# about being embarrassed? Sooner or later you’ll realize that...

This pulse variation is not uncommon, is it? I did go to a new cardiologist yesterday. The problem is that these guys spend three minutes in the room with you, make eye contact for five seconds, and say you’re fine. Without answering questions; without really looking (for example, I told him I...

My pulse has slowly come up, obviously, since stopping Metoprolol, but it’s not that high - still under 100 at home, under 60 resting, & up to 140 or so on a walk. I know that going back on it would be the easiest way, but ... I don’t like relying on more things than I absolutely have to, I...

@jamessd There are a lot of posts and threads about deciding between a mechanical valve and a biological one and/or the Ross procedure. Look for them to help you make the right decision! Yoy do have to be able to remember to take the Warfarin every day though, if you go with mechanical. To...