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@art.mouton is a friend who I introduced to the board when he followed me with his own surgery. We also happen to live about 4 blocks apart, so we're always on one frequency or another. I'm a Kenwood man myself with a bunch of them, including a 590 and a 890. My current rig is the above Flex...

Small look at 10 meters this weekend with the ARRL DX CW contest. 10 watts and a wet noodle.

Scientific discussion on the effects of near field, high powered RF 🎙️📡 on valve replacements! I'm a Medtronic clicker with a Flex 6500 and a Kenwood TS890s. :D And yes, you should be back in it. FWIW, the solar flux is hanging around 215, it is literally 10m, 10watts and a wet noodle time...

And you got a free repair of the backup battery in your extremely old Yaesu dual band radio for free (well a poboy, but shhhh we don't talk about that on these forums!!). Glad you found the site and glad you're doing well. Now if only we could hear the 3Y0J. :)

It was more of a question as opposed to shoo'ing it off. However I'd probably lean towards Tom's thought, that you never know what you're going to get on Ebay. The Coaguchek market may be a bit more reliable than the cheap chinese knockoff electronic part market that I routinely deal with from...

Thanks for both replies @pellicle as well. That's really the point I wanted to understand, the drop could have occurred anywhere over the past month, but most likely not because of a single one off meal that contained spinach or broccolli or whatever. My clinic nurse pushes the "high K"...

Not the case at all, it's all new to me, so its all useful. My intent isn't to discuss the merits of self testing or not regardless of reason. Based on the fact that you self test frequently you're in a much better position to know the answers to my original questions. So I'm still curious...

And this is probably the basis of my (mis)understanding and my lack of knowledge. Of course I had no previous experience with any of this prior to surgery, but I've simply followed my Dr's orders to this point. For 2 years prior to finding this site, I'd never even considered that self testing...

I'm currently not an at home tester, rather still on the same regimen that was started post surgery. My doctors never really discussed the potential for at home testing, reporting, insurance covered equipment, etc. So I visit the clinic once a month, insurance covers the cost and have been...

Through a routine calcium score scan ordered by my GP because of a family history of heart attacks, they found my +5cm aortic aneurysm. I returned, they did an actual scan with contrast to confirm, followed by an echo to see flow. We then scheduled with a Thoracic, he was certain for a...

If this website has done any one single thing for me since stumbling across it is, I am not alone in just about everything that I've encountered since my surgery. All of these stories ring true, and it's quite comforting knowing you're not alone. Same thing, I made jokes about the pill box, I...

I take a 81mg Bayer "Heart" aspirin every day. Target INR is 2.5-3.5 with a Medtronic mech and 7.5mg warfarin. I don't know if its any more protective vs a regular "baby" aspirin or not, but my brother-in-law is a doc and has cases and cases of these Bayer aspirins from the reps, so I don't...

The scar still gets to me as well, I'm working through getting past it. Like my wife says, it is what it is, I'd likely be dead without it. I also agree with @pellicle, I take serious comfort in hearing it now. About 2 weeks post surgery I started palpitations where it literally paused for a...

You have the same name as my wife, very unique. :)

I definitely have a little Homemedics "rain" machine. A ceiling fan, box fan, air conditioner or even an app on my iphone are fine with me. I just don't like it completely quiet. I still hear it but so long as its not the ONLY thing I hear, I don't concentrate on it. Its not quite Edgar...

Following surgery I started receiving the Lovenox injections while still in recovery. Somewhere about the 2nd or third night removed from ICU, floor nurse with little to no experience comes in. Couldn't find the specific dosage size on the med cart so she figured it was fine to give me 2 shots...

I don't think this can be stressed enough. Your days of honking until it "all comes out" is over. Just a little huff every now and then. Learned that lesson not long after coming home.

Very active Ham Radio operator. LSU football fan, fortunately my entire ordeal came during "covid season", so no real homes games that I missed. Amateur DJ for weddings and parties. Spending time with my family.

49 2 years Hopefully never! Lab, monthly and insurance cost is only $10/month. 8. It really hasn't but it did bring me here. I bit my tongue and had a problem stopping that. Pressure and teabags btw are the suggestions. Nose bleeds once, passed in urine once and use styptic pencils for...

Dick, thanks for the reply. I'm amazed at your signature and it really gives me a better feeling assuming I am reading it correctly. You received a mechanical valve in 1967 at the age of 31 and its still going strong today? That is amazing! Its also good to know that warfarin therapy hasn't...