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It's pretty common to wait until you home test, usually a couple of months. They will test you at a higher frequency if your INR is moving out of range or is out of range. You can ask your clinic if you can test more frequently, they probably will let you do it once a week. Some people don't...

For me, they tied my arm to a board to immobilize it to put in all the tubes. This left me with a very painful shoulder and neck. In the hospital they had a PT see me and she gave me a heating pad and exercises. The exercises helped but it took several months to get back to normal. Maybe...

I had a full sternotomy. I had the same numbness. When I asked, I wasn't told about any "nerve block" but was told it was nerve damage caused by the surgery and that it should go away. It did but it took awhile. I don't fully recall, but I think I was told it happens if they cut through a...

You are 51; it's "normal" at that age for your testosterone levels to drop. Plus testosterone levels change during the day, they are usually higher in the morning than at night. Despite the "men's health" marketing for testosterone, which has turned it into a drug of abuse, the chemical will...

My INR drops to 1 with 5 days being warfarin-free. That's what my cardio's nurse orders. I restart after procedure or the next day. I'd talk to your cardio, that's who gives me instructions for when I need to drop my INR.

Congratulations and welcome to this forum. May you never need OHS again!

My surgeon and cardio said that my mechanical valve should last longer than me. After I got my St. Jude implanted I looked up my valve model on the FDA website and there was only 1 failure of my model recorded.

In the US drug companies must show generic brands provide an equivalent treatment. Given the number of people on warfarin, if it made a significant difference you'd have been told. For most drug products, the allowable variation between dose is 90-110% of label claim. Due to the powerful...

My range is 2-2.5 and I have no trouble staying within by myself w/o a doctor, dosing guide or spreadsheet. I did use my cardio's coumadin clinic at the beginning and that gave me a good feel as to how to adjust, but now I'm on my own. My only aid is the book that comes with the meter to write...

Congratulations, 100lbs in 6 months! Great work. Can you share your recipe for weight loss? I need to lose weight but am stuck at 15lb loss but I need to lose 50lbs more.

WOW! You must of missed "In the meantime, I’ve been on Lovenox injections 1x daily (same time as my warfarin dose) until I am back in therapeutic range (>2.0 per the On-X post surgical guidelines). They feel confident that with the Lovenox I will avoid the risk of a clot while getting in range."

Best wishes Dawn.

Thank you for your concern. However, I have on several occasions dropped my warfarin and went to INR of 1 for procedures. There were no adverse events. My range has been vetted by 2 cardiologists and my surgeon. I have no fear of being at 2-2.5 especially when I've dropped to 1 without a...

Congratulations. Great to hear you are doing fine.

I'd call my cardiologist and tell them your symptoms.

What dick0236 said. Also tell the nurse your symptoms and if they have changed. Ask them when to expect a call about scheduling additional testing and how quickly you need to get surgery based upon your current test results.

Congratulations, 1 year and more to come :) I didn't like metoprolol and requested to stop it at about 3 months post surgery. My cardio agreed and I had no symptoms and was not put on a replacement drug.

You are using a primary care physician for warfarin therapy. You might want to try your cardiologist. Their office could tell you what they do. A cardiologist is more experienced with warfarin therapy and also things that can effect your INR than a pcp. My cardio's practice uses a service...

I had no symptoms until after I was told I needed surgery and I got dizzy standing up once. I believed my doctors when they said it was time. After surgery, I asked the surgeon how bad my valve was. He said it looked bad and it would have failed in a month or two. After surgery and 6 weeks...

A new study has recently been reported: TAVI Fails Noninferiority to Surgery in Younger Patients 6/24/2024 PARIS — Despite some potential advantages, transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) failed to meet the primary prespecified threshold for noninferiority to surgical aortic valve...