Denise Campbell - Heart Valve Journal

Nancy Surprenant Takahashi Good question, I glad you asked. I will be due after my surgery too. The very first time i went int ... Read more

Denise Campbell What kind of surgery are you having

Nancy Surprenant Takahashi mitral valve repair.

Denise Campbell Good luck

Nancy Surprenant Takahashi Thank you!!!!!!!

Marie Myers The Coumadin will be of consequence if the doc needs to biopsy something during the colonoscopy. Your ... Read more

Kate Watson How are you, Denise? I actually don't know the answer to this but have wondered it myself. I feel ne ... Read more

Denise Campbell Hey Kate. How are you. Do you come on here often? Are you back to normal things? I’m goi ... Read more

Michael Cline Denise, On-X claims less anticoagulation meds. Is that true and is it a major lifestyle change taking ... Read more

Denise Campbell Hi. Lessbif it’s for aortic valve. Not mitral. It’s been an adjustment. You need to ... Read more

Denise Campbell Hi Michael. Sorry I didn’t proof read. I meant to say I think the Inr numbers are required to be ... Read more

Leslie Bakos It took me a month for my bruises to go away from the injections of coumadin I got in the hospital fo ... Read more

Kate Watson Hi Denise, how are you feeling these days?! I have bruises constantly now since being on Coumadin, b ... Read more

Leslie Bakos Hi Kate...how about other side effects, tiredness, fatique etc,..just curious....

Denise Campbell Hi Kate. How are you? I've been good. Do your bruises have a lump under them? Yes I ge ... Read more

Cynthia Pagiatakis Has your diet changed? Or have your meds been adjusted (ie, addition of antibiotics?)

Denise Campbell No. My inr has been ok.

Rita Savelis Denise, I hear you, Ihave pity parties regularly. And yet have been lucky to not get too many bruises ... Read more

Chris Vereb Before surgery it was happening to me. Its called night numbness. Very common as we get older I think ... Read more

Patti Talbot I was told it was caused by sleeping on your back, which I was doing after my surgery. Once I was abl ... Read more

Denise Campbell It doesn't happen when I sleep on my back. It happens when I sleep on my side or stomach.

Patti Talbot That's awful, Denise. So many crazy side effects....

Jean Raber What Chris said. I have a body pillow. Use the bottom portion to ward off sciatica and the top part t ... Read more

Kate Watson Hi Denise, I'm still struggling with sleep issues too. I hate to admit that I usually can't sleep sou ... Read more

Denise Campbell I'm going to ask the Coumadin clinic (heather ) if melatonin is ok. Rehab does make me tired but i ... Read more

Kate Watson Oh man, I think we get so de-conditioned after surgery, so it hurts to build the flexibility and musc ... Read more

Meredith Bray I take atorvastatin. It took me about 4 months to settle my legs down. Instead of taking it right bef ... Read more

Cathleen DeWitt That's what I've been wondering,..I posted this same question last week and (member) Sophia Ridley we ... Read more

Sophia Ridley Nicola and Barbara first connected through Facebook. I remember seeing one of Barbara's relatives pos ... Read more

Barbara Laurie Hey folks, Nicola is finally awake and up, walking and eating. She's a tough fighter and before she w ... Read more

Cathleen DeWitt Oh thank God!!! Thank you Barbara!! 17 days was a long time to wait for an update!

Denise Campbell Glad to hear she is doing well.

Sophia Ridley Thank you for updating us, please let her know we're thinking of her.

Wanda Mroz Oh thank you Barb! I'm so happy to hear that. I've been worried about her! Glad that she is doing ... Read more

Kate Watson I understand insomnia is very common after the surgery. I am having trouble with it now in my second ... Read more

Tracy Simmons Hi Denise. I have the same thing. I fall asleep just fine and about 3 hours later wake up and cannot ... Read more

Denise Campbell I read that Lipitor can cause insomnia. So since I have to take that I started taking it in the mo ... Read more

Mike Brill Hi Denise, I replied to a note from you without reading your post first. I too am on Lipitor, althou ... Read more

Meredith Bray Lipitor can aggravate insomnia, but the biggest culprit is surgery. I watched a LOT of netflix just l ... Read more

Denise Campbell Yes Meredith. I haven't been napping but when I did I slept better during a nap. Weird.

Patti Talbot You are ahead of me - I'm just 12 days - but your day sounds like mine. I was annoyed and frustrated ... Read more

Barbara Adams I'm 3 months post op and struggle with back pain. I had some physical therapy and it was helpful howe ... Read more

Wanda Mroz Takes time for the body to fully heal... Up to a year... So be good to yourself and patient with your ... Read more

Tracy Simmons I am approaching 5 weeks post op and experience similar aches, but mine is more in my shoulders. Are ... Read more

Denise Campbell Thank you all. I just got back from the E.R. Now I have cystitis. They dig find an antibi ... Read more

Wanda Mroz I hope you feel better soon Denise.💞Hugs

Meredith Bray Make sure you are standing up straight! Very straight! And that you are supporting your upper body we ... Read more

Sophia Ridley Hi Denise, I had my mitral valve repair in mid Nov. I have a connective tissue disorder (EDS Hypermob ... Read more

Meredith Bray Try standing up straight, and using your back muscles again. I had a LOT of back pain once I got home ... Read more

Linda Wiebe Hi Denise, I had a mitral valve replacement 4/15/15. You asked what the EF is, it is the ejection fr ... Read more

Denise Campbell Yikes. Good luck. I don't know what my EF is. Good questions when I go for my four week visit ... Read more

Kate Watson Do you have a home testing kit or do you actually have to go to the lab every day? Starting on couma ... Read more

Erin Hannum Welcome Home! Rest, take everything easy, let yourself be taken care of.

Clare Auten Good luck with the INR. Hopefully you will get regulated soon.

Denise Campbell I have to go to the clinic everyday. I'm on the fence about getting the at home kit. They are e ... Read more

Erin Hannum It can take a while to get the INR level where it should be and stay there. I know this from experie ... Read more

Denise Campbell Yes Erin it is easy to get obsessive about inr. But I agree. I have a mechanical valve too. I'd ... Read more

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