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Hi Sheezagirlie. Glad to see another long timer is still doing well.

Using your HR estimate of 90 beats/min. my valve, after 57 years, has completed 2,698,174,800 beats. Rounded off that is 2.7 billion beats with a B......and with NO issues with the valve itself. My only issue has been a stroke a few years after the valve was implanted......and several years...

My surgeon was more optimistic when I had the surgery in 1967 and told me my valve should last 50 years...."but they didn't really know". When I had my recent annual checkup, after 57 years with that valve, I asked my Cardio "how long do you think this valve will last?". He said "I don't...

........and 1+1-2=0

I've taken 1000mg of Acetomenaphen nightly for the past 10+ years for back issues with no apparent influence on my INR which I keep between 2.5-3.5. I do not take 81mg of aspirin and normally take 36mg of warfarin/wk.

Back when the Coumadin Cookbook was first distributed there was no such thing as INR or home testing. We had blood drawn at the elbow, usually once each month......and that was truly a pain in the A-- and elbow. It caused a lot of problems in managing blook anticoagulation because patients...

Green Tea has been on the list of foods that can affect INR. Matcha is a green tea product. Like many things, I think it is a drink that should be consumed in smaller amounts but not entirely avoided. I have personally never drunk it.......only because I doubt I would like it, not because I...

This book was popular in the 1970s. Back then it was thought that vit K should be avoided. That old theory has been debunked and we now know that we don't need to avoid food with vit K at all cost.

This thread started with the question "How low can your INR go?". I have strong feelings about that since I have lived the last 50 years half-blind as a result of a of a stroke before the INR system was developed. In those early days, 1974, the doctors maintained my PT at 1-1/2 times the...

Congratulations, the hard part is behind you. Live your normal life is my only advice.........it has worked for me.

Thanks Cooker. I hope all is well with you.

I don't have an On-x......but I have had a stroke...... a low INR caused that.........and the damage, both physically and mentally, caused by the stroke is still with me......50 years later. Since that day, in 1974, I have not targeted my INR to be anywhere close to >2........and I don't see...

That is a good question for your cardiologist since it has only been four weeks since your surgery. Probably the "pounding" is normal as your body "unwinds" from the trauma of surgery and your heart does a little remodeling.......but you are very new in recovery and your doc knows your...

I think this is a recent change to the dental cleaning protocol. My dentist has suggested that I have my cleaning every three months. When I pushed back a little, he no longer mentioned it.......and I continue to get my cleanings 2X per year.

The above statement is the reason I post my anniversary dates. Many, if not most, new valve patients feel their life will be cut short by heart disease. Stories like mine, yours and many, many others on this and other Forums give them some hope that OHS will add many years or decades to their...

Welcome to the Forum. You will never find a "forever dose". Eat your salads and adjust your Warfarin to stay inside.....or close to your range of 2-3. I have talked many times over the years with patients and professionals as to why INR varies.......even tho my eating habits don't change very...

Congratulations on the 20 year milestone. If the truth be known, I imagine most of us would have had the question "How long will I make it"........and most of us would have shortchanged the answer to that question. All we can do is live a near-normal life, obey a few simple guidelines and watch...

I would consider getting a new cardio.......at least for another opinion.

You are correct about living a "normal" life. I was in my early thirties after OHS and "I didn't know what I didn't know" and lived without worrying about warfarin(Coumadin in the early days), mostly ignoring diet restrictions and, frankly, stretched the limits some. You are correct in that a...

Thanks for your post. With 35 years "under your belt" and a lot of years ahead of you I am sure you will beat my record and I hope you do. BTW, I see that you are new to this Forum. If you are like me you stumbled around for years trying to find information and support from other valve...