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That's great news Jimmy!

I had my aortic valve replaced at age 55 and I went with a mechanical valve. I was leaning towards a mechanical valve and then I asked our family doctor, a woman we've been seeing since the 1980's and trust very much, what she would do if she were me. She emphatically said that she would go with...

Sorry to hear this ****, hopefully it stalls where it is and never gives you a problem.

Thanks ****, for posting to let us know about this. And thanks Pellicle, as always, for posting all your info. You always make things so clear and easy to understand.

Hi Ottagal, I've had acupuncture a number of times since being on Warfarin and not even the slightest bleeding. Sue

Happy anniversary, ****!!! Congratulations!

Wishing you an uneventful surgery and a speedy recovery.

Thanks for the update, Marguerite! Kristine, Glad everything is going well and wishing you a speedy recovery!

Crossing my fingers for you Geoff!

Wishing you all the best for your surgery and for a speedy recovery!

You can add me to the list of the self-managed. There's a little bit of a learning curve but you catch on real quick. Pellicle's Blog has a wealth of information. To be honest I might not have started to self manage without his invaluable writings!

Hi mrFox! I was 55 when I had my surgery and after some thought I pretty quickly decided on a mechanical valve. I knew I didn't want to be going in for a second surgery at 75 years old and I didn't want to be walking around for a couple of years before said surgery with a degrading valve. If I...

Excellent news! Wishing you a quick and uneventful recovery!

Happy Birthday ****!!!!!

I haven't had a concussion. I did trip going up my stoop and fell forward onto the stone landing right on my forehead. There was swelling and some blood, not to mention a fair amount of humiliation! I called my family doctor who had me get a CT scan right away to be sure there was no bleeding...

I don't think you have anything to worry about. As far as the risk of CT scans, as Anne said, the machines they use are much safer today then they used to be. As far as your resting heart beat dipping into the 40's, mine also will dip down to into the 40's on occasion, it's usually in the...

Marguerite, that's quite a story! Glad you're doing well now and can move forward!

mom2angel, I can't offer anything in regard to constrictive pericarditis but I wanted to tell you how glad I am that Mayo has found a potential diagnosis! Thinking of you and best of luck with your testing in a couple of weeks.

Hi LadyChicken! I had a small stroke (not a TIA) 3 months post surgery and my INR was 2.1, very similar to you. The stroke I had didn't leave any serious damage other than a slight lack of coordination in my left hand and very slight weakness in my left foot. I will say this though, it was a...

Wow! So glad you're on the road to getting the proper diagnoses and open heart surgery for the right problem! Best of luck!