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The leaflet you should receive with the drug tells you that you must stay out of direct sun and about the risk of the skin turning blue - and it is permanent. Have you been sunbathing since starting the drug? "Amiodarone can cause a very disfiguring blue-grey discoloration of the skin...

I was on it for a while due to some A Fib, weaned off asap though. Mine was in the summer and I was aware that it was important to stay out of the sun so as not to turn blue. This morning I went to the warfarin clinic for my INR and there was a man there whose skin was a most peculiar...

Right, I missed that. To Ross if he is looking at this, I hope you manage to get everything sorted and will be back soon - we miss you.

Have I missed something, Ross hasn't been posting, is he away?

I have the occasional drink. Big tip, don't call it 'blood thinners' unless you want to start Ross off on one, it isn't a thinner, it is anti-coagulant! :)

I did the course of cardiac rehabilitation provided by our hospital, three sessions each week and the people ranged from eighteen to some in their seventies. It was interesting to watch people's fitness increasing week by week. As well as exercise we also had talks on many subjects. To me it...

Mine are fairly quiet, I can normally only hear them in bed and the noise isn't intrusive. What I find interesting is that if I listen carefully I can hear the two different valves, they sound quite different to each other. I can 'tune one out' and listen to the other. I don't know what noise...

Both for me, damaged by endocarditis. The mitral valve was completely shot, the aortic was damaged and would have required replacement in a short time so they did them both together. They told me the decision as to whether to replace both would be made on the operating table before opening me...

I am glad they are checking it out and taking care of her.

I guess she loves you just the way you are, and that is how it should be. If she is happy with your appearance then please don't change - unless you are hoping to ditch her and look for another woman who is shallow and thinks the physical appearance of a person is actually important. If that...

I think I took it for about six months and had no apparent side effects unless my thyroid becoming slightly under active was due to that, although I suspect not.

I know someone who had this done years ago and it took successfully but what has happened is more of his hair has gone over the years, all except the very odd looking area which has the transplants. It looks totally bizarre now although for a few years it looked ok. Speaking as a woman, I...

Mine was due to having treatment for kidney stones. As Lynn said, it is almost a matter of luck. After having my valves replaced I had constantly bleeding gums and 'deep pockets' which went on for a couple of years until treated, one would have expected possible problems but I didn't get it...

They started vaccinating medical and hospital staff two days ago and expect to start on high risk groups next week. They will send me a letter to tell me when and where to go.

They started giving the shots yesterday where I live, this week it is health care workers, next week they start on pregnant women and other high risk people. I am assuming that I will receive a letter telling me when and where it will be, they are setting up special clinics to deal with it.

I was admitted early in the afternoon on the day before my surgery and was given a normal three course meal in the evening, I think it might well have been steak as the main course. They didn't ask me what wine I would like although the wine list looked interesting, presumably that was not for...

Fifty-seven, opted for mechanical so as to hopefully avoid re-operation again when I am in my seventies. The surgeon asked me whether I wanted tissue or mechanical.

What type of surgery did you have? Mitral and aortic valve replacements with full sternotomy. What were your symptoms before surgery? I really wasn't well! I had congestive heart failure, short of breath at all times, unable to sleep unless sitting upright in bed. Very weak. How has your...

When I had my regular seasonal fly shot last week I asked my doctor about the swine flu *** and he said I was in a priority group on more than one count. We have the vaccine in storage in the island, about 8,500 doses initially I think they said. We are just waiting for it to be licenced...

Five days? So they like to do extractions on people who are possibly going to have a stroke at any time, if they haven't already! I am going to be having a wisdom tooth, or a molar ( not sure which it is) pulled out in November and when I asked about my INR and told the dental surgeon my range...