HELLO SWEET CHEEKS!
WOW, THOSE NURSES DON'T FOOL AROUND. THEY DON'T SAY, "YOU ARE KIDNEY STONE FREE".....THEY PROCLAIM IT.
I WORKED WITH A MAN WHO HAD KIDNEY STONES AND HE SCREAMED WITH PAIN. HE SAID IT LOOKED LIKE A GRAIN OF SAND, BUT IT FELT LIKE A BOULDER.
IF YOU TIRE FROM CARRYING AROUND THAT PEE BUCKET IN CHURCH, JUST THROW IT AT A MISBEHAVING KID WHEN HIS MOM IS LOOKING THE OTHER WAY.
DE, DID YOU KNOW THAT YOU HAVE TO GO TO A LAB EVERY 7 - 10 DAYS AND HAVE BLOOD DRAWN SO THEY KNOW WHAT YOUR I.N.R IS, WHEN ON WARFARIN? MOST DOCTORS DO NOT USE THAT ANYMORE. IT'S ELIQUIS, XARELTO and I can't think of the other ones.
ON THE PLUS SIDE, WITH WARFARIN, SHOULD YOU START BLEEDING FOR ANY REASON, THEY GIVE YOU A SHOT OF VITAMIN K AND THEY FIX YOU UP QUICKLY. HOWEVER, THE NEWER MEDS TAKE ABOUT 2 DAYS TO DRAIN FROM YOUR SYSTEM, SO THAT EVEN IF YOU'RE JUST HAVING A TEETH CLEANING, YOU HAVE TO STOP TAKING IT TWO DAYS BEFORE YOUR DENTAL APPOINTMENT.
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"............ He then declined to give me the latest and greatest valve (twenty years old and FDA approved) that I'd found on the internet and that I'd requested. He offered to find me a different surgeon if I wanted to go that route. I didn't want to change surgeons, so I settled on the 40-year-old "St. Jude synthetic" valve that....."
AND YOUR NEW CARDIOLOGIST AGREED WITH THIS? AS LONG AS YOU'RE HAPPY WITH THIS SECOND OPINION.
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DE, ALMOST EVERYONE HERE IS ON A BLOOD THINNER. YOU'RE GETTING HUNG UP ON THAT, WHEN I SUSPECT YOU'RE GOING TO BE TAKING IT NO MATTER WHICH VALVE REPLACEMENT YOU GET.
WHEN'S THE DATE?
HOW'S THE KID? 
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