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Hey Bulldog We are way up here in Northern MN ;) My hubby is 35 and has a mechanical aortic valve. Wafarin/Coumadin has not been an issue for him yet, much in part due to the caring and helpful members of this board helping with diet, INR home monitoring, medications, etc. Make sure to...

Bruising Bruising Nathan has been on EC Aspirin 81mg every day with his warfarin since his AVR 17 months ago. He seldom ever bruised before his surgery and I have seen him with 3 explainable bruises afterward, usually after blood draws.

What can be taken that won't affect INR? Hubby has a horrid cold, sinuses are bad and he is coughing like crazy. He is on Keflex also as our daughter had strep throat dx on Friday. Is Sudafed, DayQuil, mytussin AC (over a year old now) acceptable? It seems like he really needs some sort of...

Speaking for the Husband :) He was started on Toprol XL after going off of amiodarone @ about 3 months post AVR. He tolerated both the amiodarone and Toprol with no side effects what so ever. However, after about 9 months his once enlarged heart had returned to a normal size, function etc...

When I called 2 weeks ago, they didn't havea any IRatio test strips and they said they wouldn't have any until the following week; QAS has changed how they are handling prior authorizing our insurance and we actually ran out of strips for the first time in 15 months of INRatio use. I...

Anyone know if Toprol XL has the similar affect of raising the INR like amiodarone? Hubby was on Amiodarone @ day 2 post op for a few months op and we were told it would have a side effect of raising the INR. It did. He was switched over to Toprol XL over a year ago, and in Dec his cardio...

Hotels/Mayo MN Hotels/Mayo MN We have always booked @ the Spring Hill Suites in Rochester, right across from the Mayo St Mary's Hospital when Nathan became sick with endocarditis and follow up for his surgery. This is about 5 minutes from the Mayo clinic, but it is wonderful if you are having...

I had heard of the new black label, but I am curious as to how many people on coumadin/warfarin could be anticoagulated safely with fish oil??? Nathan's surgeon at the Mayo said that there may be hope someday for ASA only for the new generation mechanical valves, but he felt it would only be...

Some oral contraceptives today can cause disruption in potassium; I had a terrible run in with two of them, Yasim and Yaz which contain drospirenone; My heart rate (my hubby is the valve patient!!) is normally around 100, and after 3 months of these hormonones, I would run into the 130s-140s...

Hello again! Feel free to PM for details or specific questions, and I can refer those to Nathan. He has no restrictions. You are right on with the sport license Phillip. We submitted over 150 pages of valve data, INR reports, echos, stress tests, operative reports, pathology...twice....

We would like to wish all here on this board Happy Holidays, and all the best for a happy and healthy 2007. Thank you all so much for all that you contribute to this board. I am not sure how WE would have muddled though the last 1.5 year without you. I would like to update everyone that...

I am so sorry to hear about Joe. You and your family are in our thoughts and prayers Nancy. Take care,

Hey Randy! NICE to see ya :D Keep in touch, okay? Interesting (although hair-raising!) thread Randy. I believe one of Nathan's docs that followed him for endocarditis is logged in there, although he didn't post anything, Chandra, the "TEE" man.

My husband had his AVR about 14 months ago. He had minimal appetite, and really ate only scrambled eggs and toast at around 10am, and the sherbert (multi-colored orange, lime, and strawberry in individual cups) for nearly 6 weeks. He would force himself to eat, but usually would spike a low...

Thanks for posting this topic Swill, and also for your response Nan... My husband has had his mechanical valve for a little over a year now, and we believe, thanks to this site and Al, that he has had very good control over his INR. He eats pretty much what he wants with consistancy, has a few...

Nathan had a PICC line with IV Rocephin that we did @ home twice daily for 6 weeks (I am a nurse, made things a little easier) in his right arm ( he is left handed). He had no restrictions that either of us remember, but he did find it difficult to ride his motorcycle. A surgeon I worked for...

Never feel bad about running to the doc for ruling out endocarditis, EVER. Nathan got blown off 3 times with active endocarditis. You need to have serum blood cultures drawn to rule out BE. His symptoms were-weeks of night sweats, fatique, very weird roaming muscle aches (blamed on lipitor)...

Hi Christie My husband had endocarditis about 1.5 years ago, with his native bicuspid aortic valve, due to strep viridans. He was followed very closely with many broad spectrum IV antibiotics until Rocephin was tailored to the specific bacteria. He had TEE's every 2 days to evaluated for...

Hi! My husband had genetically high cholesterol-typically in the 300s untreated. A few years ago we attemped some pretty drastic diet changes here at home with no red meat, soy substitutes, constant whole grains and he has a regular cardio workout at work :) We also added niacin. He had a...

My husband had overall heart enlargement, left ventricle enlargement (and thickening) as well as an ejection fraction of 45% at the time of his aortic valve replacement. Upon discharge from the hospital post AVR, his INR range was 2.5-3.5 due to atrial fib and an ejection fraction of 35%...