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The theory that doctors / surgeons may sort of assume patient’s warfarin noncompliance is interesting - almost like their ‘so..how ‘bout a tissue valve?’ is a test to see if you’ve done your own homework and can respond with ‘no, I think mechanical.’ !!! Now I’m torn between unicusp’s...

Don’t forget that big hospitals and their surgeons have ‘financial relationships’ with industry, and it’s hard to imagine that not affecting their recommendations at all. you can find at least some info on this onyour surgeon’s page on the CCwebsite under ‘Industry Relationships’. One current...

Hi, Tezza. Good to hear, I think, how people fare mid- to long-term with valve replacement, even if you are reporting difficulties; after about post-op week 4 or 5, most people seem to leave the forum, for whatever reason. So thank you; it’s really useful to me and probably others. I started...

Hi Tezza. How’s your shoulder pain? I found this: https://redboxfitness.com/myofascial-release/ you think it could help? I don’t have a foam roller, but I’m going to try some with a tennis ball I think. Hope your recovery is going as well as it can.

I had a few nerve issues after too; the most troubling ones have gradually subsided over the weeks. I was worried that the reports of others’ recovery seemed so much better than mine, but it seems (I feel) week 5 is a big one for healing. Hope that’s true for you too. Just in the last few...

For all you nerds out there on Warfarin - have you read this? - Warfarin: The Definitive Guide — tl;dr pharmacy

Barring becoming a professional scientist, I bet you would enjoy injecting juice or syrup into cakes like the men (it’s always men) do on the British Baking Show.

Or maybe there’s a bit of scientist in you.

Jesus! I didn’t even know that was possible!

I wanted to know the same thing but never was able to get a definitive answer from anyone on exactly what caused the crazy arrhythmias. Everyone had different ideas, (but only offered them of course when I insisted on hearing them) . One possibility was that they used too much of the drug...

They did that to me too. I had a hematoma, scary arrhythmias, felt awful... ended up staying in the hospital from 1pm that day till noon the next day. The best part was being blamed for the radial spasming due to ‘being emotional’.

5 weeks post-op and how concerned should I be about what I believe is a sinus infection / staph infection in the nose? I’m keeping an eye on my temperature, and have been swabbing my nose with diluted iodine since I can’t use mupirocin on warfarin. I’m not on any antibiotics but I’m guessing...

I thought so too!! Unfortunately, it seems CC also subscribes to the ‘one and done’ philosophy - - as in, ‘one patient out the door, done answering any questions afterwards’.

Hmm. I’m still confused, lol. Thank you everyone for chiming in. I guess it wouldn’t hurt to ask for one then, to have a baseline for myself, even if no doctor is interested in my having one right away. Plus it would be great to make sure this cold/sinus infection I’ve developed over the last...

Hi, I’m one month post-op and had my AVR and ascending aorta resection done at CC. I contacted a nurse here to get basic information. She said you could be assigned a surgeon, or choose. I let them assign one to see who it’d be, then ended up requesting someone else because it didn’t seem...

Thank you for your advice about everything up till now. I’m grateful for you guys. So, two weeks post-op, I had an electrocardiogram. That was it. The cardiologist listened quickly to my chest, but didn’t comment on my incision. He also didn’t give any guidance on continuing either the beta...

Hi @tom in MO - - how long about would you say? For your sternum incision to completely heal? (Just to be clear, I never started the Cipro, so I didn’t stop taking antibiotics in the middle of a course.) I’m just now thinking about whether to try cardiac rehab or not... I very much doubt the...

Keep us updated as to what new stretches you learn. I wasn’t told anything about stretching & am getting most of my recent ideas from you and Chuck. Hey, can I ask how long you’re walking for every day?

my thoughts exactly!!!

Thanks for the update. Sounds like you’re truly on the mend. : ) is that like a sports physiotherapist? Or is there another, non-sports ‘physio’ ? Just curious. same thing here. I lose the point of stories I’m in the middle of way more often than I used to. On a related note, I find myself...