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I was in a Thrift Store the other day and spotted this book on the shelf (see attachment). Some folks might be interested in this so am posting this. Had no idea this was a "thing" (someone writing about how to cook/what foods to eat if yer on warfarin). I did not buy the book but got a kick...

BAV is really no big deal and is not anything for you to worry about. Just live your life (as you say). Most people that have it have no idea they have it, and it is not an issue (until one day as they age things come to a head). You at least now KNOW you have it and what types of symptoms to...

Several years ago I did. Was basically told "don't worry about it" but don't recall any explanations being given. Believe I have asked a couple times over the years...

Thanks, had not heard of that, no one ever explained it to me. Wonder why they also used a vein in my leg instead of more of that artery (?).

I'm 10 years post-op now. For quite a while in the area around my scar right over my breastbone I have small red bumps. Is not elsewhere along the scar which runs about 7 inches long total - the area with the bumps is about an inch long (& the bumps extend about an inch around the scar). They...

After my chest healed and that pain from that went away I noticed that I had a lot of pain in my left shoulder and was unable to do certain things (reaching up or putting arms out like wings etc). Turned out I had damage to my rotator cuff ("impingement of the Supraspinatus" or something like...

I like others have mentioned believe what you are describing is nerve damage from the operation. If so, whether or not it ever goes away is anyone's guess. I had my operation about 10 years ago. Was left with weird partial numbness on left pectoral area. It is not "numb", it has feeling, but...

I wonder if the same thing is not true for DR offices. I don't know of any around here anymore that are not part of some big conglomerate Health organization which also has ties into specific hospitals and testing places like Labcorp which they push on us patients instead of letting us choose...

It is not that clear cut unfortunately. And it is a hazy definition there in real life in your body as to what "equivalent" means. All it means to the FDA is that the active ingredient is absorbed within a certain % of that substance in the brand name. There is no actual efficacy, adverse...

CVS switched generics on me a couple years ago with no warning or notice. In my recent experience the CVS here near me has been using the Teva generics exclusively. I am surprised you got something different, especially how one dose is Teva and the other is something else. Depending on how...

The rule I've heard is that once you have your dosages set on one "brand" it is best to NOT switch to another if possible because it is possible doing so can affect your INR in unknown ways. The key is to test test test if switching so to make sure you adjust accordingly with the new brand if...

When I was last on metoprolol I found I could not function in any way at all on 25mg daily (have gone into details on this in some other threads). After about 2 weeks of metopro-hell my cardiologist at the time finally understood that that drug was what was literally destroying my life so had...

Reminds me of when I was a kid when we got a new puppy. My Mom would put a ticking clock in it's bed area saying it would comfort him/her thinking it was their Mom still there.

Not meaning to make fun of you or your comment but I have a wacky sense of humor (& like making people laugh). The scenarios of having an audible heartbeat which others can hear strikes me as amusing. Heck it could be a positive thing, your date could take it as "WOW! HIS HEART IS BEATING...

They converted an exam room into an apartment for me. So yeah, I live there now. I have a crush on my hygienist who is very cool so this has given me more opportunity to get to know her!

Speaking of microbiology. I really enjoyed the courses I had in that in college (I was a BIO major). Found it really interesting (that and genetics were my favorites). Always enjoy reading your scientific oriented posts... Anyways, so last 12 years I had a horrible factory job, worked in...

When I was still in the hospital recovering from my operation one of the days about 4 of my friends came to visit me at the same time. So they were sitting around me in kind of a semi-circle as I was "lying up" in the hospital bed very much enjoying their company and the break from the hospital...

I've been doing it that way for like 10 years now; using 3 or 4 different meters over that time (as I've had to bounce from one "service" to another and return the meter for a new one each time, including my current one that I bought myself). I was taught to do it that way and don't recall the...

Yeah, I was pretty bad. Both a bad valve AND blocked arteries. I had an incident at work during a fire drill where after running up then down a flight a stairs to get outside I had to collapse on my knees and try to catch my breath. At that point I went to see my general DR at the time. And...

Do I trust my dentist - YES and then some. I trust my dentist so much I continue to use their practice even though they are no longer in my insurance "network". I've had some bad dentists in my day (one especially bad, a crook in fact who did more harm to me than good, who I went to because...