Heart Operation For Me On Tuesday To Replace My Mitral Valve!

As well as being an anticoagulant, which prevents platelets from forming chains, it also thins the blood.
Following surgery rejection tissues form, so with a mitral procedure they are immediately upstream from the aortic valve. Since a blockage of the aortic valve, added to the normal stroke and TIA risks can be catastrophic, it is vital that you take these drugs EXACTLY as prescribed. It is quite likely that your medication is a cocktail with substances such as aspirin which has been designed to meet your specific needs.

I mentioned all this because these drugs make you feel groggy and I feared that you may try weening yourself off them. Your surgeon may not have explained their function fully, but they are VITAL. Mistakenly assuming that they are painkillers and reducing the dose before advised could prove fatal.
Hopefully your consultant will feel confident following tests or an MRI follow up to reduce your dosage, possibly to as little as 80mg of aspirin a day, but whatever you do, don't take advice from anyone else, INCLUDING YOUR GP, without complete consultation with your cardio thoracic consultant.

I am sorry to sound a bit morbid, but I have seen mistakes in the past, particularly when people don't realise that complete idiots are free to post on the internet and they do not have the first clue about the difference between post operative care and addiction to antidepressants.

No doubt you did not know that I qualified in cardiology (not to the level of surgeon) about 50 years ago. Then I decided to take up a career in totally different types of theatres.
However when work dried up in the 90s, I went back for 12 years, working at the start of TAVI.

You may find this early video of the procedure interesting. As I mentioned in my last post, a lot of improvements have been made to the basic procedure, so it is no longer simply a means of adding a few years to a frail patients life.

 

Warfarin is not what I take as an anticoagulant. Mine is Xarelto., which the doctor said has less chance of brain bleeding, but more of gastrointestinal bleeding... More fixable, I guess.
The older I get, the more inclined I become to rattle when I move, with all the pills!
The real headache is the insulin shots.
I'm glad to hear your catheters are both free and painless, though.

 

You will be fine Boozy. xxxxx

 

Everton are winning aswell Boozy

 

Bless you, he will love that. xxx

 

...EVERTON WON 2-1 Cayo and are SECOND in the football lead.
Operation went well and football went well.
Job don!

 

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I was wondering why you got rattled so easily Mama !
Thank you for all your useful and very informative comments Mama and Wills and I am learning a lot
.I have been on Warfarin for 15 years now.
They keep my INR between 2 and 3 with INR checks two months were they prick my finger for blood
This is a must do I believe.

 

Correct. Lol. Yes you have to have the inr in check to make sure all is OK.

 

I get a blood draw every 6 months for that.
The finger sticks I do 3x a day for blood Isugar testing.
I do hate that! But it needs to be done.

 

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I hate to admit it Angel Mama.
But I don’t mind the odd little Prick every now and again.
It hurts.
But not too much!

 

I hear you, brother.
As far as those fingerpricks go though, it's three or four times a day and I only have so many fingers!
Sometimes they get sore!
I shouldn't complain.
Beats the alternative, doesn't it.

 

3 or 4 times a day for fingerprints Angel Sister.
Wow my Love.
What a pain!
But yes Mama.
It sure does beat the alternative!

 

Because it thins the blood, as well as preventing platelet coagulation, Warfarin is favoured immediately following cardiothoracic surgery. In most cases the long term preventative is 80mg of aspirin per day.
All anticoagulants are primarily formulated to suit specific medical conditions. I am not 100% certain, but I seem to remember that Xarelto is used to prevent coagulation during hyperglycaemia.

 

I think Boozy is home yay

 

Welcome home Boozy!

 

Oooohhhhhhh hey VFC I LOVE your lovely animation there for me, and it is most certainly a cracker!
AND of course.
ALL Lives Matter Avatar.
Love it.
Love it.
Love it.

But lovely Gal and you and Mama and all of you too many to mention, I am actually being sent home sometime Monday, so tomorrow so my consultant surgeon says!
YIPPIE!
And that isn’t the only good news either.
Before the hospital sends anyone home they check them for COVID-19.
And guess what?
Mine came back negative, so all being well I should be home tomorrow!

 

Good Boozy. Xxx
Don't forget to Moon xxx

 

So glad!
I know everyone missed you, brother.
Isn't that COVID19 test a drag?
Feels like they're trying to get a brain sample.
It'll be good to be in your own bed again.

 

Some photos from around the corridors, and my single ward room.