Operate yourself

Cool game fwiw

Hmm, some interesting stuff that I hadn't really considered. I do take a multivitamin, but I don't really know if there are any other anti-coags in it. A cursory google did not lead me to an ingredients list and I'm too lazy to type all of them out right now. I will discuss this with my cardiologist though.

And fwiw, I don't drink to get drunk anymore, that is something of the past for me. So I don't have hangovers since I'm never drinking to excess. This is a quoted portion from my wall of text earlier,
which should state "I never have more than 6 drinks." At least I haven't for the last year, I used to be the definition of an alcoholic, so that is certainly a concern, but I believe I have that under control.

please to be not making me sad, mmmkay?

ahaha i kinda hope i'm never on 60 minutes, but if it can get this taken care of i'm all for it. know any contacts?
I will practice this into the wee hours of the morning.
I already broke up with you, it's too late for this

Actually, it's probably better advice to do the opposite once you're on warfarin. Warfarin is a super tricky drug with tons and tons of drug interactions. The effect has to be titrated to each specific patient and it's very hard to tell what someone's personal dose will be. And it's srs biz to say the least.

If your blood's not "thinned" enough the hunk of metal/plastic in you could cause your blood to form clots. These clots will be in your aorta and get shot all over your body blocking blood flow in all kinds of places (stroke, possibly). If it's too "thinned" you run the risk of bleeding to death.

Herbal products have tons of drug interactions (they're "dirty" chemicals) and can mess with warfarin a ton. Avoid them. Most people can afford mess around with magical life-force healing herbals and vitamins but chronic warfarin users can't.

/important medical advice from random internet people on poker forum

that heart game is pretty cool... i successfully tranplanted a heart and am appying to local hospitals as a specialist surgeon

The opposite of what?

This?

Or what you quoted, this?

Horrors!

Maybe he should forget either the most simple and unobjectionable logic or talking to his doctors, and just ignore everything but pharmacists flapping their lips without thinking from now on.

Paging Dr Leprous...Paging Dr Leprous

Agreed, that was pretty cool. Typing up my resume as a cardiovascular surgeon right now, can I use you as a reference?

Ya I'm only on gemifibrozil and baby aspirin currently, so once I get to this bridge I will cross it. I kinda thought this was standard, but I tell my doctor the truth because this isn't something to mess around with. He knows about all the medication I take and my exact drug consumption patterns and if there is an issue with this when I am on warfarin I expect him to tell me to change my habits. I appreciate your advice and knowledge in this field, you are not my physician so there my be some other factors that have not been mentioned ITT which could change my drug therapy. I did notice there are a lot of drugs that have potential effects on warfarin, so this will be a topic of discussion the next time I'm at his office.

Have you talked to an anesthesiologist yet? Are you afraid of the anaesthesia itself? Will you stay in the ICU after surgery?

The only time I spoke with an anesthesiologist was when I was counting down from 10 when they put me under for my cardiac catheterization. This isn't like a normal catheter, this is just a tube stuck up my femoral artery. Why would I be afraid of anesthesia?

Should be in the ICU for no more than a week post-op, from what I remember.

I'm going to go ride 3 miles then swim some, take it easy.

Luckily I have not had a heart attack since this post. I have rode 10 miles each day on the bike at the gym too and each day my time has decreased. I'm a beast.

Any more questions? Open to anything now afaik.

fixed link to what the picture makes me think of

fredd... since i am pretty good at heart surgery flash games... do you want me to perform your surgery

Yes you are more than welcome to, but I will need to see you in action before to make sure you are legit.

How much do you weigh?

Don't you think it's unfair to cheat natural selection?

on the flash game or on humans? i have not convinced an actual human that i am qualified yet

The Hostel movie has some good do it from home ideas imo

5'10" 180lbs

What are you some kind of moran? Natural selection brought upon the person smart enough to create the device that will fix me and the person that will do it.
Whatever is easiest for you to get video of.
never seen it

My dad's having a heart valve replaced in a few weeks. Great thread. Good luck!

fredd runs like crazy ... heart problem or not.... i walk upstairs..... that saps my energy

Best of luck to him too.

I never run, I walk, and I usually walk pretty slow. Kinda like a gangsta.

gangsta! nice lol