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I think I have to agree with you. Although I do remember having a conversation with a drug representative about the anticoagulant they were educating us on, sorry I don't remember which one, I asked if heart valve patients could use this anticoagulant and I was told no. I didn't specify what...

I worked for an organ procurement organization and I was also a heart/lung transplant coordinator 10+ years ago. At that time coumadin was not an automatic rule out for organ donation. I also know a person that was waiting for a heart transplant had a brain bleed and was declared brain dead...

Every time I have had to spend the night in the hospital I have a major scar to show for it. From 3 OHS, pacemaker, c-section and pyloric stenosis. 6 hospital stays 6 scars...I'm a mess, thank goodness I choose nursing and not modeling for my career. :)

@ Pellicle Yep, commercial ads all day everyday on TV. I feel like I can't forget about my valve for a second because there is always a commercial saying "not for use for those with artificial heart valves."

My first surgery was when I was 14. I will never forget when I went back to school wearing a blouse that buttoned and the top of my scar showed. My "best friend" grabbed my shirt and pulled it closed and said, "cover that up its so disgusting". I will never forget how she hurt me by doing and...

I also had an ablation several years ago for heavy periods. I can't imagine how they would be now that I'm on coumadin. I was very lucky in that I don't have periods at all since recovering from the procedure. I'm suprised that you would need to stop your coumadin, maybe you could bridge...

My first and second OHS scars were interlaced and didn't heal very well. This last surgery I requested that they remove the old scars and try and make this one "pretty". So far so good. I've got a few small bumps that I hope smooth out, I think it's the internal sutures causing them. They...

(No blushing allowed.) Is my everyday life helping people, and I love furry animals, big or small...BUT there is NO way I would get near that bat!

I have to say as an ER nurse it is a lot easier to care for a patient on coumadin than on one of the new anticoagulants. With coumadin we are able to treat the patient with vitamin K or plasma and reverse the effects of the coumadin rather quickly. We are also easily able to test the patient...

Also I'd like to thank everyone for the help and support. Pellicle...especially you. Thanks!!! :)

I am very happy to say that I just received a call and my insurance finally approved my home INR monitoring. There was a little glitch because the doctors office didn't put the correct diagnosis code on my original order and the insurance originally denied me. I got it all straightened out...

I call it a win/win also. Thanks again. And I blame that dang spell check...pellicule not pedicule...sorry! :)

If you go to the On-x website you can email them directly and they are great at answering questions you may have. I sent them a list of questions and was sent a great email in response. They also sent me a follow-up email about a month later to see if I had an other questions.

Pedicule...so this it what I'm advocating! Today INR is 3.7. My range is 2.5-3.5. I'm supposed to take 4 MG today. Just got a call and was instructed to hold today's dose. Then continue alternating per my usual 3mg and 4mg dose tomorrow. I know the last time I held a dose I dropped like a...

They were pacing wires. My pacing wires (3 OHS) have always been pulled out and not clipped off. It feels very strange as they are being pulled out. I was told that if they don't pull easily they leave them in place and clip them so as not to damage the heart where they are attached. They...

I'm surprised she told you that you won't need cardiac rehab for this type of surgery. Cardiac rehab is more that just going and working out. It gives you a sense comfort as you are recovering. It gives you a place to ask questions and learn more about what your feeling and what your heart is...

Pedicule...Advocating for myself means I have taken a stand with the cardiologist and have discussed the dose changes they have been wanting to make and suggesting we make smaller gradual changes. For instance they wanted me to hold the coumadin for 2 days when I jumped up to 4.7. Previously I...

Pedicule... "all over the place" means my graph looks like your week 37...up and down and little time spent in therapeutic range. But I'm advocating for myself and trying to keep my dose changes small and my dose as steady as possible and it's been better the past 2 weeks. Big changes in my...

I'm realizing my INR is all over the place...no rhyme or reason for the ups and downs. But it's still early yet for me, I'm sure with time it will level out. Good thing is I've already learned not to stress over it and just adjust my dose as instructed and see what the next reading is...

I'm very thankful that the nurse at my cardiologists office is so great. I am dropping off paperwork work to her tomorrow for Coaguchek. Hopefully it works out, if not she said we would work together till we get it figured out. Now we just to figure out why my INR was 2.7 on Monday and it's...