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FWIW, "my normal 83" was like "my normal 73"....I thought. At 83 I was still playing 9 holes of golf, wading creeks fishing, cleaning my house gutters, etc.......but with a little more fatigue. I thought it was "old age" complicated by a heart issue. It continued to worsen until I turned...

Welcome to the forum. Your experience, especially with parents with children, will be invaluable to help ease their fears. I've heard this "bleeding out on warfarin" term used over the years but have never known it to happen. It is more likely that the trauma of a seriously bad accident will...

I think providing information and/or dispelling misinformation is all this forum is designed to do. All artificial heart valves are "fixes".....they are not "cures" and I hope the information we share helps point the patient in a direction that best solves his, or her problem. Macdaddy, you...

You seem to be within the range your doctor wants (2 to 3). Why would he want you to withhold any warfarin?

Chuck, thanks for your interest. I could write a book on the difficulties of getting old, old medical records. Remember, my surgery was the olden days of paper files and typewriters. The only record that was found was the "Operative Record" .....a one-page document that outlined the various...

Congratulations on your milestone!!

It is true that bruising can be a nuisance but it is not a given that you will always bruise more being on warfarin. I recently took a hard fall on a grass bank and fractured three ribs but had no bruising of my chest area.....go figure. I've been on this forum for 17 years and can't recall...

As one of the more senior, as in old, members (87) of this forum, I am always concerned about significant surgeries on patients in their late 70's and beyond. I'd look closely at your decision on valve type. A tissue valve now will, almost certainly, mean another procedure around +/-80. A...

I believe you recently had your mechanical valve implanted. INR does some strange things in the beginning. Going from 24 to 34.5 per week is a BIG change. Check your INR every 3-4 days to make sure your INR doesn't spike upwards.

It's funny how we have lasting memories of the simplest things long after our surgeries. I still remember when they pulled the two tubes out of my chest......they pulled them one at a time and the pain was 13 on a scale of 1-10 Nowadays most patients hardly notice when they are pulled...

The above quote is almost verbatim to a quote in a 2005 Edwards Lifesciences marketing brochure. At that time, they were still manufacturing the Starr-Edwards Ball Valves #1260 and #6120 mechanical valves although they were heavily involved with tissue-type products. That old model 1260 is...

Welcome tekmagika. I think you will find a good cross-section of newly diagnosed patients, new post-surgery patients, and a lot of folks with many years of experience with life and living after OHS. This surgery prompts a lot of questions.......all of which have been experienced by others who...

l brush, with OTC toothpaste, once per day, floss a few times a week I take 2000mg of Amoxicillin one hour prior to dental appointment for any invasive treatment (cleaning, filling, etc) I have my teeth cleaned 2X year My dentist would like me to brush 2X/day.....I try;)......with very little...

Welcome :)!! Happy to have another longtimer on board......it gives the new folks some needed assurance.

Whoa Nelly! I'm not endorsing buying a fruit truck of grapefruit. My only point was that almost everything (I think) is on the menu but there are some things that are to be eaten....or drank in moderation. While I no longer drink grapefruit juice I do eat 1/2 grapefruit 2-3 times a...

Not me, I don't care much for bread, but a good bacon/tomato/mayonnaise/lettuce sandwich is good every now and then. After thinking about it I could eat almost anything with sugaro_O.

I agree that there is no need to adjust YOUR normal diet. We all eat a normal diet, just do not binge on food high in vitamin K. A little too much Kale or Spinach won't make your INR go crazy. Try eating your usual foods and see what change there is to your INR.....my bet is there will be...

By testing every day, or every other day, you are testing before the Warfarin is fully metabolized and then making dosing changes based on the INR numbers you get is the probable reason for your erratic INR. I'd suggest you see the Hematologist and tell him/her what you are doing. I think...

Absolutely!!......if Ididn't, it would "pucker" my mouth for a week.

LOL. I like grapefruit and currently have half a grapefruit about 2-3 times a month as a dinner dessert. Over my first few decades after surgery, I drank grapefruit juice at will without a problem........Then I stopped drinking grapefruit juice when I read it is bad for Warfarin...