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I struggled with the sound also, what iv found that works best for me now is instead of the mental fight not to hear it I focus on listening to it and generally the next thing I know is I wake up in the morning.

I have not had a blood draw to test my INR since the day of my discharge which was November 2015, and it’s around 4 months less than that since a doctor told me how much warfarin to take. My INR certainly changes enough to justify weekly testing

Correct me if I’m wrong someone but this valve has been in development for over 10 years and was first known as the Furtiva Triflo valve? I remember reading about the trials in sheep about 5 years ago, and the issues with clotting after a few months. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27177747/ I...

This article is a good non complicated read on this- https://badaorta.com/double-trouble-bicuspid-aortic-valve-bav/

Well I don’t have any life restrictions that I’m aware of…. I think hearing a mechanical valve or not is up to the individual’s physical makeup rather than the brand on the tin. I hear mine which I don’t enjoy but it’s the butter side up of toast on the floor. I know people who can hear their...

I also recall being discharged after surgery my INR being under 2.0, think it was like 1.6 or 1.8 and it took a few days to a week or so to get it in range. Be aware also over the coming weeks/months generally your dose will need to increase as your body seems to ‘get used to’ warfarin. I left...

My father had a St Jude mechanical implanted when he was 42 and died of unrelated cancer at 78, so 36 years there.

Lol it’s not dermatitis, it’s not itchy or a rash or dry, or flakey or fungal. It’s under the skin surface and been seen by a doctor years ago, where I was told something along the lines of that’s what you get being on warfarin lol But thanks.

I have warfarin Petachie on the tops of my feet, ankles and now spreading up my shins,not much I can do about it.

Yea you normally get error code 5 for not enough blood, the fact it just counts down to nothing is odd, clearly it knows the strip is in there but isn’t detecting the sample. I guess you have tried new batteries…. I get error 6 when my batteries are getting down even though the meter says they...

My father had a St Jude implanted when he was 42 and it was still ticking when he passed last year at 78 from unrelated causes. So they do last a lifetime.

As a one off paracetamol does not affect my INR. However last time I had a filling it hurt after so I was taking paracetamol for a few days and it definitely affected my INR, think it went up to 4.4 from memory.

I just find when I tell people I’m on warfarin they say ‘oh blood thinners’ to which I generally reply ‘ it doesn’t actually thin your blood it just extends the clotting time, to which a blank look back is normally given. I don’t care because I know better. My father RIP was on warfarin for 30+...

Much of what he says in the clip you can read here, maybe they used it as a reference for writing this- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4566462/

If it was me, I would adjust his dose and not tell them if you think they would be averse to this. I don't know what pill sizes you have and from what I understand they vary country to country, but it sounds like he probably needs a 1/2 mg less a day or there abouts. I don't split tabs I just...

Definitely interested to hear what your cardiologist says. The links and previous thread seem to be pretty cut and dry, not for artificial valves so I'm guessing that is both mechanical and the 3 months post op recommendation for tissue valvers to be anticoagulated. But if you have a tissue...

I think maybe they mean maybe you could start your own ministry.. All cheques made out to Combined Australian Stricken Hearts or C.A.S.H. for short....

I hear it as an internal noise, it's not something I would say I enjoy hearing; I liken it to some sort of water dripping torture treatment sometimes... :) Saying that it's pretty easy to NOT hear it and get on with things, you just simply forget to hear it. I can go all day and then I hear it...

Apart from the error 5 I think it is for not enough blood I reckon generally most other errors are attributable to batteries. I was getting error 8 every time after it went thru the strip warm up, battery meter looked good. Weeks of this went by and i thought it must be dodgy strips, but then I...

Good stuff Protimenow, there's a self tester out there that just doesn't know it yet :) I have found both offering meters on threads and also PM people when you see them post questions asking about self testing or the cost of new meters. The more we can share the self empowerment the better!