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Thank you Arlyss for again keeping us informed on this subject. I appreciate this info so much.

Nathan has had his INRatio for almost exactly 1 year and other than one box of bad test strips, it has been working great until the last 2 weeks, when he has had "Test Error 114"....trying to consult our handbook, but um, I can't find it at the moment....oops.... I bet I can even check the...

Hi My husband (also a former weight lifter in his twenties) had his aortic valve replaced Sept 05 at 35 years old. He was told that he could lift again to some extent (NOTHING in the 300lb area!) if his heart returned to normal function. Well, it did but he has not started lifting again...

Significant Public Health Concern? Oh my....moving up the world. Right up there with communicable diseases now... Yeah, "Long duration of warfarin therapy" made my hair stand on end :(

OH oh....this was his heart surgeon from the Mayo....what would be a good alternative Al? Tylenol doesn't not work, only ibuprofen has ever worked for him if taken at the onset of his migrane aura. His surgeon gave the okay for (2) Ibuprofen on a prn-migrane basis. Gosh, I wish...

Hey Ton Keep us posted on what you find that works for you! Good to know these things. Nathan had his first real migrane since having his surgery. He has been given the okay for Ibuprofen for his migranes, but has not really needed it until now, and he didn't have any on him so it just...

I can see totally see your point Kate because alcohol can have least two different roles in coumadin anticoagulation. From what I have heard, it can have some effect on INR (we have not seen this with my husband yet) and damage the liver and impair its performance. Maybe these things are...

"Stressful Travel " could put Nathan in a danger zone?? So is Nathan's INR going to bonkers when we go on vacation in March? We drive for 24 hours in the car to Galveston....It wil be stressful, no getting around Houston without that.

Hi Carolyn I am going to have my husband see the surgeon I used to assist to have a suspicious mole removed (smaller than a pea, and flat). My husband will stay on on his warfarin and he was consistantly 2.6 for months until starting Crestor which brought it up to 3.2. This surgeon was not...

Karen-have you thought about nosing around the other fields in nursing? Something that can get you away from shift work? My sister in law is a nurse that works in insurance claims for BCBS. I worked the floors for 8 years and then started to assist in general surgery for another 8 years...

Nathan's cardio and surgeon insisted that he get his flu shot while in the hospital @ 3 days post AVR. It was also encouraged that the entire family get them and we did. We did not get them in the past.

So sorry to hear that you are having to deal with pericarditis Gina. I hope you meds continue to kick this thing and you get better soon. Take care, Ann

Today is Nathan's 1 year aniversary of AVR :D Being The Wife, I can only report how very happy I am to see him doing so well today. I only wish I could keep up! Thanks guys for always being here....

Happy Birthday Cort!:D Ann

My husband returned to work 3 months post AVR. He lifts 100lbs many times a day (driver UPS), up and down stairs as well as alot of walking. He really has done well, and no longer has any residual shortness of breath or fatique. Honestly, I think he is in the best shape I have ever seen...

Nathan started using his INRatio about 1 month post op; We purchased it directly from QAS and ran it through our insurance afterward. He tests every week, and has had it compared to our local coumadin clinics ProTime (they tested them back to back), with +/- .6 variability at the most, @ times...

I am so sorry to hear about this Ross. Your family will be in our thoughts and prayers....

WELLBUTRIN was my wonderful friend that helped me quit smoking in 1998. I also went out and got a golden retriever puppy too which helped in a huge way :) But that is not always the best choice for everyone. I loved to smoke. I was a higher risk pt in that I had been in a motor vehicle...

I just wanted to comment on Karlynn's comment about the Mayo being a bit more conservative in the tissue valve dept--Nathan was told he would have got less than 10 years on a tissue valve by 2 docs at the Mayo, because of his lifestyle and work of repetitive heavy lifting (VERY heavy). He was...

I know Nathan is planning on hunting this year. We had thought about it before, and it appears to be no worse than everything else he does. What about a bb gun?