Living with a Mechanical Heart Valve: Click.Tick.Thump. Love It!
Artificial Heart Valve Surgery & Living with Warfarin: UK Info Support Group
Op on 06 January 2012
Hi folks. I am to have an op on Friday 06 January to replace my bicusp heart valve with a mechanical one and to have part of my dilated aorta replace with some plastic tube.
The only thing I really worry about is the Warfarin I'll have to take for the rest of my life (until a suitable replacement is found). After all the stories of woe on here about Warfarin, it has not made me feel any better about it.
Anyone not had problems with it?
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Comment by Allan P Hewison on February 12, 2012 at 17:18 -
Thanks Elaine,
Yes I seem to be OK with it now. Two things bother me now though - 1) I feel light headed and dizzy most mornings for a couple of hours and 2) It's just over 5 weeks since my operation and the pain in my breast bone does not seem much better!
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Comment by Elaine Howlin on February 12, 2012 at 15:40
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Hi Allan
I am on warfarin and to be honest I have never really found it that much of an issue. Yes it takes a while to 'kick in' initially but once you get within your target range it usually isn't a problem. As you become used to living with it you can usually work out why if you have a high/low reading. Don't worry about it as it soon becomes a minor detail.
Regards
Elaine
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