Home > Adam's Blog > Patient Stories > Are You Ready To Be Inspired?

Are You Ready To Be Inspired?

By Adam Pick on June 4, 2012

There are no words for what you are about to see… For what is about to occur…

To learn more about ‘Flatline to Finish’ and how you can support this extraordinary effort, please click here. Go Dave!

Go Iron Heart Racing Team!

Adam

Written by Adam Pick
- Patient & Website Founder

Written by Adam Pick - Patient & Website Founder

Adam Pick is a heart valve patient and author of The Patient's Guide To Heart Valve Surgery. In 2006, Adam founded HeartValveSurgery.com to educate and empower patients. This award-winning website has helped over 10 million people fight heart valve disease. Adam has been featured by the American Heart Association and Medical News Today.

anita devine says on June 5th, 2012 at 6:34 pm

Simply Awesome!
Love from
Anita

Patsy Davis says on June 20th, 2012 at 8:44 am

Two months ago I went to my Dr. for physical. He had reason to send me for an
echocardiogram and the wearing of a 24 hour heart monitor. They both showed
that I have Atrial fibrillation and a leaking valve. I was sent to a Cardiologist. He
sent me to he Coumadin clinic in Sarasota, and for the past 6 weeks they have
been checking my INR weekly. I started at 1.1 and now at 3.0. I go back tomorrow
for check up. They have me on 4 mg Coumadin 5 days and 1/2 for 2 days. It
may change tomorrow depending on my reading.
Now, My guestion is: The Cardiologist recommended that I have a (TEE)
procedure done (transesophageal echocardiogram .) And, at the same
time to also shock my heart back into rythum. I have been taking the Coumadin
for nearly 6 weeks. What are the risk, and is it something I really need to do.
All I am asking is just your opinion, and appreciate anything you would like to tell me.
I am 72 years old, don’t smoke, don’t drink, and my weight is 158 and I am 5’6″
tall and feel fantastic. I get a little short winded sometime, but over all good health.
I forgot to mention that I am also in a group research study for Coumadin, where they
tell what you are supposed to do with Coumadion amounts. I was started on 5 mg by the Dr. but then changed to 4 by the test results from research. This research is being done at the clinic as well. Was approved by Medicare, so they told me.
Thank you very much,
Patsy