Experiences with

Air embolism

I recently wrote about my dissatisfactions with my 13 month old pacemaker,,,now I have a huge problem to add,,,last week I got sudden jabs of pain in my left temple and heart at the same time,,,suddenly I could not get my breath,,so scary,,,sat down and called for an ambulance,,,in the ER a cat scan

I went to GP yesterday with pain in my right calf to rule out possible DVT - D Dimmer was negative so after exam decided it was Phlebitis. I have had varicose veins in that leg - treated about 40 years ago and never given me any bother but they seem to have revealed themselves again, unfortunately.

I am one week from my first cyro ablation and my blood INR is 1.2. Most recommend a value between 2.0 and 3.0. What are folks' knowledge and experience in this area? Might I be canceled as, according to these numbers from today's tests, the Pradaxa hasn't thinned my blood much. Are these the cases where

Another monoclonal antibody for at-risk Covid patients has become available in the USA https://investor.lilly.com/news-releases/news-release-details/lillys-bebtelovimab-receives-emergency-use-authorization According to Lilly, bebtelovimab "demonstrates neutralization against the Omicron variant". Further

Hi wonder if anyone can offer any advice I was prescribed warfarin (life long) by Proff D'cruz and prophylactic Heparin if INR falls below 2.5 I self test However new GP doesn't want me to take anymore than 5 to 6mg of warfarin (which makes absolutely no sense to me as I adjust the dose dependent on

Hey lovely AFibbers. Been a while & I said I would post after cardio Appmt in Dec. I had my specialist consultation in Dec with the teaching hospital, my local district general had referred me to. It has been agreed that I will have to have surgical not catheter ablation due to my occluder device. However

Have anyone experience of pradaxa? My pharmacist knows very little and not used a lot where I stay. They say they have to order it in, so give them plenty time to get repeats. I reclotted on rivaroxaban, bilateral PEs, last Tuesday I left hospital on 18000 heparin injections and have newly stared pradaxa

hi everyone - I have looked around the internet for good apps that can help you manage your INR level but I haven't found any. As my hematologist is considering switching my anticoagulant from Fragmin to warfarin, I would like to create an app that makes my life easier on this medication. I code, so

hi everyone - I'm new to this platform but I am extremely happy I have stumbled upon it. It's been years of lonely health preocuppations and reading your posts has been almost comforting (not your medical journeys, rather the familiarity of them). I had a first sudden PE 3 years ago in my early 20s,

Just published: phase 3 results of an outpatient trial of Regn-Cov (USA; known as Ronapreve in the UK). Summary results may have been given before by press release, but here is the detail. Interestingly, almost 70 % of the subjects had no detectable antobodies at baseline. Administered in an outpatient

I ve had a couple of dibilatating strokes but w alot of PT(physio) i am very close to 98%. My question is i am on enoxaparin 2.2 mg/kg every twelve hours is this average for most. I know some without strokes take only take 40mg a day as a preventative. What are other”APS stroke” patients taking. Curious

Hi peeps I have a fractured L2 which is causing a lot of pain they are going to do a vertebroplasty procedure and also a plate & screws just above it as I also have a curved spine. The curved spine I have had most of my life and will probably just get worse with age this will strengthen it. My question

I know it’s seen as vane, but I’m fast approaching baldness at the rate I’m losing my hair. On a more practical note it’s going to be chilly next winter. I’m supplementing with Folic acid, Biotin, Collagen and several more advised nutritional additives but still no improvement in my hair loss. Does

A surprisingly readable and potentially helpful review of selenium in humans. (So far, I have only given it a cursory read.) Yes - some bits are difficult but the narrative seems to make sense even if we have to pass over some detail. For those of us in the UK, it is a shame that they did

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Hi warriors 💜💙 I'm in bad flare mode at the moment and my rheumy is changing my meds again. Stopping adalimumab injections (stopped methotrexate a while back) and they're trying me on Filgotinib Jyseleca 🤪 One good thing.. I'm on steroids for a while until things settle down 😁 Does anyone have a

Greetings, all. I’m in the process of switching over to buprenorphine for my RLS symptoms. In the course of doing so, I came across a disturbing warning from the FDA that use of oral buprenorphine can cause serious dental issues. In essence, the problem is that holding a sublingual tablet in your

I tried Xeljanz 4 years ago and did not have good results. My rheumatologist took me off leflunomide and Humira then started me on Xeljanz. I wonder if I would of taken Xeljanz with leflunomide if it would of been more effective? What I really wonder is if Xeljanz did not work is it possible for another

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Hi guys. I’ve got my ablation coming up on the 16th of august 😬 still not dancing on the ceiling about it but slowly getting my head around it. I’ve got a question about rivaroxaban. I’ve been told to start taking this tomorrow but they didn’t mention how much to take? Due to my age (35) I don’t