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Congrats and here's to many more!!

Prayers and warm wishes for a speedy recovery!

Coricidin and Mucinex will be your best friends. Unfortunately, most people w/ heart related issues are told to stay away from deongestants due to their blood pressure raising side-effects. Good luck and get well!

I'm the only one in my family that had a BAV. We had each of our boys get checked at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHoP), and they both were given clean bills of health (thank god!). Seems like sometimes it can be hereditary, and other times it can just be a fluke occurence. But if a...

Just wondering if anyone knows if there's a vitamin K difference between white and green asparagus. I've tried to look on-line, but haven't found anything yet. Thanks!

I've been taking 25 mg of Atenolol since they diagnosed my bicuspid valve about 10 years ago. I take it every morning, never had any side-effects from it.

Congrats on your 6 years, and here's to many more!

If some researchers were able to find foods or items that grow in nature that actually raise a persons INR, they could become very rich and have a lot of happy mechanical valvers. Imagine being able to eat some foods that raised your INR and you didn't need to take warfarin anymore.

I'm surprised they would suggest that much since the RDA for an adult male is about 120mg/day and about 90 mg/ day for an adult female.

http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/list I use the above website a lot. I also have a phone app,Vitamin K - iNutrients, that I use.

My INR had been consistent for the past few months or so, always hovering around the 3.0 range with my INRatio 2. Then yesterday I tested and it was a 4.7. I re-tested with another finger and it was a little lower (that's probably attributed to the .4 variance the machine can have.). My...

Every once in awhile since my surgery, I'll get a skipped beat, or a little flutter sensation and it would scare the hell out of me. I would wind up calling my cardiologists office and get all worked up over it. Testing showed there's nothing wrong, and my cardiologist said that what's...

I was 41 at the time of my AVR and in decent shape. I started doing re-hab at 8 weeks. Went back to work part time at 10 weeks (sitting and doing design work). Back at work full time at 12 weeks. Good luck!

I had a 9 month check-up with my cardiologist this morning and he's happy with where I'm at and how I'm feeling. He even said that we can try to eliminate the Lisinopril, which is great, seeing as I've developed the "Lisinopril cough". As long as my b.p. doesn't creep up after I stop taking...

Best of luck to you. May you have a quick and un-eventful recovery!

Hi Derek and welcome aboard! Hope everything goes well in the future for you.

I take my InRatio2 monitor with me in my carry-on bag and have never been questioned.

We did genetic counseling and since there was no history in my family of heart abnormailities, the doctors weren't too concerned about it being passed along to my kids, though there is still a chance. That didn't stop us from having our two kids however. The doctors recomended that we had them...

I have a medic alert bracelet and it reads: AORTIC VALVE REPLACED. TAKES WARFARIN Could it be the size of the tag is too small to fit all of the info. you want? I have a medium titanium stretch band and they had no problems putting the info i wanted on it.

Thanks for all the comments and advice folks! I don't plan on going nuts during the holiday, but there are certain holiday favorites I don't want to pass up on eating, like my wifes spinach and artichoke dip! Thanks again!