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i was warned to stay out the sun and of a possible sensitivity to the light including TV screens .

thanks all ,i did ring the hospital because i have lost approx 12lbs post op , and it says in documentation to ring if you have unexplained weight loss, they are going to speak with the consultant to see if i can be weaned off it quicker .the only other things i have had post op is a bit of...

thanks Al appreciate the information and its put my mind to rest a bit easier thanks again

wishing you a successful surgery and bump free recovery

i have been put on amiodarone since surgery i will be on it till my 6 week check at reduced levels as follows. i beleive i started on 4 X 200mg tabs a day but not absolutely sure so could of been 3 all along or which was poss reduced to 3 at some point in hospital till the 30/10 then reduced...

think i wuld be asking for a TOE or TEE depending what they call it in your country the down the throat echo will give a much better accurate reading

i am 10 days post op i am taking it easy not pushing to hard i can walk up stairs once fine but twice in quick succession is harder ,i walk a short distance twice a day which s arund our village green this is what i was advised to take thingss slowly and grdually build up and was told to stop...

thanks for all the good wishes the reason for the INR level is my surgeon uses wafarin for 12 weeks post surgery prophylactically keeping in a range of 1.8 to 2.5 is the aim, i will meet with him again on dec 10th 6 week post op

hi heather i am 8 days post op mv repair and the waiting counting down the days was hard but its came and gone and it will for you to as everyone says the waiting is the worst part.

any news of Debbi ( mamanordy) she was due surgery same day as me oct 22 hope alls gone well and shes recovering now

i have just been reading through all your posts thanks so much for all your support for both me and my wife,

Ottawagal glad to see you made it over the top , hope you have a smooth bump free recovery

great to see you made it to hope the recovery all goes smoothly

thanks Danny ,neil TXgal sharlea Got myself a bit straighter now so here goes a brief account of my time. Went in Wednesday for 11 am they took the bloods but didn’t have a bed free so gave me a voucher to go get some lunch, came back at 3 to my home for the next 8 and a bit days I can...

hi just wanted to get on here quick to say a big thanks for the messages of support before and during my surgery time , so just a quik one to say im home and glad to be posting in the post surgery now. what a relief!:) i have only just got home ,so going have a bit of a sit down sort out my meds...

hi guys its amanda deans wife again ,been posting on pre surgery ,i thought dean would be home today ,but unfortunatly his INR is to low its gone down from 1.5 to 1.4 even though they have uped the dose to 7 mg. They said they wont let himgo home til its at least 1.8 but prefferably 1.9. This...

thanks everyone for all your kind replys ,and actually slept better after reading posts about tempertures being pretty normal took my little ones up to see their dad today as they were fretting a bit then i went up on my own in the evening and he is looking alot better ,he has had the cath taken...

surgery complete surgery complete hi everyone im deans wife amanda just wanted to update you all ,i would have updated last night but had to get instructions from dean how to work his computer as im pretty useless at these things anyway where doi start ,firstly i dont think...

wow 2 threads heres what i posted in the other one. thanks for all the good wishes ,i am sitting in the car park on my laptop at the moment just had hospital lunch, had blood syphoned ,waiting for my bed to become free said to come back to the ward at 14:15 so about an 1 hour and 10 to go , Dean

thanks for all the good wishes ,i am sitting in the car park on my laptop at the moment just had hospital lunch, had blood syphoned ,waiting for my bed to become free said to come back to the ward at 14:15 so about an 1 hour and 10 to go , Dean