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Protimenow, was this a lab with locations across the U.S.? If so, which one is it?

(Sorry for the length of this reply.) On body donations: Condition of the body, some causes of death can rule out a body donation. You may have already signed paperwork with a willed body program and then death occurs so far away –- perhaps while vacationing overseas — that body donations plans...

My father never mentioned his ophthalmic migraines until I told him about mine after my MVR. That led me to believe they weren’t frequent. My father never had OHS, although I believe he once said his cardio suggested a pacemaker. He died of complications from Alzheimer’s. Mine are sporadic...

I started getting the auras 2 days post-op and have had them on and off for 16 1/2 years. Surgeon didn’t know what I was talking about. I asked my eye doctor, who said there wasn’t much that could be done since they don’t progress into a migraine headache. A friend who was an optometrist and...

I had an Error code 8 pop up about 3 weeks ago. Battery power was at 50% or so. I took batteries out and put same back in and was back in business. Several days later the same thing happened. So I replaced the batteries. Have not had an error code since. I did note in my INR binder notebook...

Coffeelover, have you had a TEE as a followup to your echo? I have paravalvular leakage and have had 2 TEEs since my MVR surgery 16 years ago (St. Jude, 27mm). The first one in about 2005 or 2006 and the next one maybe 2-3 years later when I changed cardiologists. After my annual echo at the new...

Have you had a transesophageal echocardiogram (TEE)? That is more definitive than a regular echo? Some diagnostics reveal more than others. If — and I stress IF — you are having symptoms of valve problems and a doctor says severe stenosis and you can wait 1, 5, 10 years or maybe never need...

If you have a chronic pain, you should see both your family doctor (or specialist for that part of the body) and your cardiologist; they may want to confer with each other. My PCP and cardio have OK'd me taking Aleve for short periods, no more than a few days, usually only taking two tabs once...

One thought -- have you had any POC tests elsewhere, other than on your own CoaguChek XS? I have checked my XS against my PCP's monitor and it was identical. I had cataract surgery in May 2016 and had to get my INR down pre-op. I tested at home before going to the surgery center, where they...

Is this the same thing or perhaps related? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Quality_Forum I never divulge exactly who I buy strips from. I abandoned using a service about 5 years ago, due to cost and my being able to manage my INR just as well as someone else who has to involve a series of...

Marty: Good decision. If it were my huband and stable on warfarin, I'd keep him on it too.

I think it's a CYA thing. I prefer to go with the least expensive, least invasive approach on anything medical. Re: Cystoscopy. I thought it was the easiest, least painful procedure I've had in a very long time. The PA who did mine 2 weeks ago said that men find it uncomfortable, women do...

I've had microscopic hematuria for years. I finally agreed to have a cystoscopy last week, which showed everything normal, as did CT scans, an ultrasound and X-rays from last spring and June. However, you apparently have some visible blood. Did you exercise more vigorously, or had it been some...

I feel as though I have lost a family member -- and I have. Yes, Ross didn't suffer fools. Call him a curmudgeon. However, folks who don't suffer fools and who are curmudgeons turn out to be some of the most intelligent, sensitive people I have ever met and will ever meet. Despite his health...

Sten: You've been testing about 3Xweek. At that rate, you'll be spending an extra $400+ on testing strips annually because you "like measuring things." I have not approached my insurance company, Aetna, for testing strips. I don't even know if my employer's contract with Aetna covers PT/INR...

Couple of thoughts: 1. You're testing very frequently. Why? 2. You went from 3.2 on 11/20 to 3.8 the next day. That's very curious. And then another jump, of 1.1 four days later. 3. What is your normal diet? What other medications are you own? What's your warfarin dosage? Has it been changed...

I was on STD about 2-3 weeks pre-op and went back about 6-7 weeks post-op at 20 hours a week. After 4 weeks of working half-days, I was back full-time. My valve was so shot pre-op that I took longer to recover than some people. I would like to have had 9 weeks off, with another 4 at half-time...

I saw this listed for all types of valvular disease. My guess is the frequent urination is due to congestive heart failure. I also saw at least one place that mentioned stress and its effects on the body as a possible factor in the frequent urination.

Everybody gets PVCs. Because of our being cardiac patients, we notice them more readily than other people. I had them years before my MVR and probably long before I was diagnosed with prolapse. People with normal heart function will occasionally get them. They're only a problem if they are...

I joined in the fall of 2003.