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I wouldn't be a big drinker in the sense of drinking too much in one go and getting black out drunk, I do enjoy a few pints here and there especially on holidays or at a concert. I always thought warfarin meant no to drinking full stop but I imagine there's a lot of misconceptions about...

Hi, Thanks for the reply. I will take it as a good sign for me I needed to google what natto is :eek:. How do you feel 3 months on?

Hi, Thanks for the message! I see you're from Dublin? I'm up in Belfast so not too far away! Glad to hear you're keeping good and chasing after your 2 year old! Interesting you still drink on warfarin? I was thought my drinking days were now behind me and was thanking the Guinness gods they...

wow you quite literally one week behind me on the road to our new heart valves! This forum has been great for calming me down too and being more positive than I was just a couple of weeks ago. 100% I'm happy to message each other about our journey! Feel free to send me a private message on here :)

Hi Chuck, Thanks for the reply. I am so glad this forum exists as my anxiety when I was first told I would need surgery was off the scale and I could only see blackness in front of me. I literally couldn't see a future. After a few days of reading posts on here it has helped reduce my anxiety...

How long were you unwell for before you got the endocarditis diagnosed? I had a nightmare with my family doctor to take my symptoms seriously as he dismissed me with having long covid even though some of my blood tests kept coming back with high CRP levels and I was describing classic...

Hi Dick, That is amazing you have had the mechanical valve for that long!! The warfarin seems scary to me as its an unknown so I need to educate myself more around it and try not to obsess over it everyday. Thanks for the reply

Hi, Thanks for the reply. I have read lots of positive stories on here with people living very normal active lives which has helped decrease my anxiety for sure. I love reading people travelling and working out. I would suffer from bad anxiety and this year has been a year from hell with being...

Hi all, So my background is congenital heart disease I was born with a Bicuspid aortic heart valve, VSD and needed a Coarctation of the aorta repair to save my life at 11 days old. I'm 32 years old now. Living in the UK. I became unwell this year around May time before finally being diagnosed...