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Understanding Coumadin


The Cleveland Clinic is world renowned for their valve replacement surgery.


Please click on hyperlink above and keep scrolling down, as you read along.........to “DIET” .


This section answers the questions on green veggies. Our cousin religiously has her blood tested.


She stringently avoids overdoing the green veggies, and other foods on the list.........It’s an interesting read.


Hers was for her mitral valve. Originally, the surgeons were just going to “repair the heart strings”.


However, when her heart was stopped during surgery, something happened and the “strings” broke.


They then put in an artificial valve instead of a lamb/sheep valve. This artificial valve could lead to clotting and stroke.


Thus, the warfarin/coumadin.



p.s. Interesting that warfarin was discovered originally from a rodent poison, which one can read elsewhere.


It’s very important for the blood workups to be done regularly to make certain the blood is not “too thin”.


The even more interesting thing about the mitral valve replacement surgery is that she had been treated for over 30 years for anxiety.


Her symptoms were pressure in the heart area, palpitations, the feeling of an elephant sitting on her chest...........plus fibromyalgia symptoms.


It wasn’t until she went to a cardiologist that they discovered her mitral valve prolapse...........so even docs can make an occasional mistake.


Then, it was during the surgery to REPAIR THE HEART STRINGS to the leaflets???........that they broke the strings and had to put in the artificial valve.


Forever she will be on coumadin.........and strictly watching her green veggie intake........etc. Again, please click hyperlink above and scroll down.