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Thank you Dick, I’ll give them a call.

Ok, Metropolol was discontinued during my last hospital stay, along with Lisinopril. After going cold turkey on the 2 meds, my vitals were at the normal range for about 15 or 16 days. Keep in mind, I was lying in bed the whole time there. Since being discharged from the hospital, I first...

Hello everyone, Hope all is well! Quick question, the doctors told me that I would now be getting test strips mailed to me. It’s been about a month since I first spoke with the distributor. Since then I spoke with them 3 other times. Yesterday I was told that Roche was going to send me a...

after 15 or 16 days in the hospital, due to bleeding. The first 5 days in ICU. It’s great to be back home. All the time there, I was questioning my medication. Of the different medication I take on a daily basis, the 100 mg of Metropol was as the one that I’ve been having the hardest time...

Those bikes are beauties, Where I live , there are a lot of country roads, lots of other bikers riding around. My favorite ride was in the state of North Carolina. My dad and I both went there for the first time when I was about 14. It’s a long mountain ,winding road called tail...

Ahh, the Tmax.. nice bike, Before surgery I rode a 2006 Vmax. After it was advised to stay off of motorcycles, I decided to get a scooter, a2009 Honda Silverwing. If I may Pellicle, are you more cautious after surgery to ride your bike? I seem to be very more cautious, to the point...

Yes, I’m a lot younger than your dad, but after AVR last year, I fell into a deep depression. Already being a sufferer from anxiety,this was totally different. Motorcycle’s were a big part of my life before surgery, but I have since lost interest. Also, I’ve been an industrial...

harrietW, Wishing you good health and prosperity with any decision you make. This is a topic that I have brought up myself the last couple of days. I’m currently in the hospital now recovering from bleeding, transfusions, esophagus surgery,and now trying to get my inr in therapeutic...

Pellicle, The Coumadin was started about 3 days ago, along with the heparin drip. After getting the false inr reading the heparin was discontinued. Then the mixup was revealed, and the heparin was re started. Funny thing is, while still taking an elevated dose of Coumadin, it went down.3 %

I’m on 7.5 daily and on Friday’s I cut one in half and take 3.75. Here, I’m still on 7.5 daily,with a10 mg dose on Friday. also on heparin drip, which was just resumed now. I have a midline port for drawing blood, as my arms and hands are still to swollen to find a vein. Well, this...

I’d be interested in knowing myself. Just when I thought I was going home, I’m told that the inr results for yesterday were a false reading. The actual number was 1.36 this mornings number was 1.7 . They want it at 2.5 before I can leave.

I’ll have to look into dyphagia. For almost for as long as I can remember, I was told that I suffered from a hyital hernia. Not sure if I spelled it right, but it’s a narrowing of the food pipe. I should have gotten it fixed a long time ago. I’ve tried talking with doctors about getting...

Pellicle, From what I was told, they used a laser then clamps as repair. They seem to think that this procedure was a permanent fix. The only thing they worried about was, once they got the inr back to therapeutic range that bleeding might happen. At time of surgery, inr was 0.8 as of...

The esophagus problem has started about 6 months ago. While at a Christmas party at work, a bite of barbecue chicken got caught in my windpipe. After managing to cough up most of it, a very small piece stayed in the esophagus. The air path was clear, but i could not swallow water or...

Pellicle, The issue is a ulcer of the esophagus. It seems to be under control. I guess all the preparation work to do any type of medical procedure .The blood thinners always seem to have the doctors scratching their heads.Perhaps I should concentrate more on being healthy. I guess I’ve...

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Pellicle, I always look for your comments. I consider you a very smart logical person. I admit the bleeding has all been from the same issue every time. My INR levels have been in range , testing twice weekly at home. The thought of him asking me the question he asked...

ok I’m in i he hospital,today and the surgeon who did my AVR last year, stopped in for a visit. After informing him that I have been hospitalized 3 times for bleeding issues. I asked him for any solutions. Without thinking, he asked if I would consider taking the valve out, and replacing it...

Vicki, Wishing you’re daughter the best! I’m 53 now, and have had aortic valve replacement 1 year ago,due to severe stenosis. At the time of surgery, I knew nothing about choice of valve and had very little time to do research. Do your homework, the doctors told me that there...

Thanks again everyone, Currently sitting here getting my Heparin drip. So far so good. Going to talk with the Dr. today, about getting off of Metoprolol, it’s been 8 days since they gave it to me,and my vitals have been fine. Bye for now, have a nice day everyone!!