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Congratulations!!!

I had terrible pain in my back that lasted a few weeks. I ended up sleeping on the couch many nights so I could be propped up. Sometimes that pain and the pain from having my innominate artery repaired was worse than the pain in my sternum. The pain will hopefully get to be less and less each...

Congratulations on being on the other side. I hope your recovery is smooth.

I would suggest loose clothing for the trip home. I didn't anticipate being full of fluid at all never mind a week post-surgery. I had to have my husband bring me a different pair of shoes and my clothing was a little snug. Might not be a big deal for everyone but we had over a two-hour drive to...

Best wishes for a smooth recovery.

Congratulations and best wishes for a smooth recovery.

I hope all went well and you are doing OK.

Welcome. It is good you found this forum now. I didn't find it until well after my surgery. I would have been more educated if I had found it earlier. I was diagnosed with a bicuspid valve at 3 and had my first surgery at 14. I've always been monitored but strangely enough when I was younger no...

Great news. Best wishes for continued healing.

This is great news.

Welcome to the forum. Glad your recovery is going well. I also have an On-x valve (3/5/2021). I was content to have my INR between 1.5 to 2.0 until I found this forum. I now find it aggravating to have such a low and small range. I'll be having the cardiologist change it in my records at my...

I am often sore from gardening and working out so I was looking for a cream or roll on to use since Tylenol wasn't working. The pharmacist said the CBD roll on I picked out was fine. I used it a couple of times a day for a week and my INR went from 2.1 to 2.9. The cardiologist's office...

When I got my Coagsense I was set up with mdINR. I am supposed to have my supplies automatically shipped to me, but it seems I am always calling to order them. I go through them a little quicker than they expect when I test for a second time a week rather than the once a week. I put my result in...

Congratulations on your OHS anniversary!!!

I have the Coagsense and it took me months to feel like I was consistently being successful with my technique. I almost always got a good blood sample but collecting it in the skinny tube and getting it into the test strip in 15 seconds proved challenging. If I moved my hand the wrong way the...

Welcome to the forum. I am 59 and had my second OHS in March 2021. I chose a mechanical valve in the hopes it would be my last OHS. My husband just retired and we hope to do as much traveling as we can since he has a progressive degenerative disease (spinocerebellar ataxia 3). We have been on 4...

Years ago before I was on warfarin I was traveling to Europe and my thyroid medication was going to run out on the trip and it was too early to fill it before the trip. I was able to call my insurance company and get a vacation override. I fill my pill case before traveling and always bring the...

Just over a year post op. Working out 6 days a week. Spending time with my kids and grandkids. Will soon be spending time in the pool and going oversand to the beach with friends and family. My husband just retired, and we have already booked a trip to Iceland in the fall and a cruise to Alaska...

Congratulations. Such good news.

So glad you are home and doing ok. While I was well cared for in the hospital, I agree with having an advocate. Initially I was out of it and couldn't always remember what was said to me. My husband was only able to visit every other day because of Covid. My surgery was on a Friday so he showed...