Thanks for the reads. I never knew how important it is to get broken, cracked, loose teeth and cavities. Much is written about a non mechanical valve but I think it doesn’t hurt to use antibiotics. Although antibiotics have their own issues but it outweighs the risk of infection of my heart and brain bleeds. As it is I’m sure you know about NRI levels that can cause brain bleeds resulting in strokes or clots blocking your arteries which is dangerous.
If my blood level of Coumadin is too thin I would be prone to brain bleeds. I heard of a dentist that accepts Medicaid ( I’m disabled and 71 years old)
People who are residents in my Assisted Living Facility have gone to this dentist that they say they don’t get hurt by him. His specialty is geriatric extractions. No pain extractions are what he’s good at. I’m going to try to get in which I should because his hygienist comes every 6 months to clean our teeth. She recommended her boss who happens to be the house dentist. I’m anxious to start because I have so many things in my heart, esophagus, right vocal cord paralysis and an aortic artery with a tear in it. That and blood thinners makes me concerned because if I bleed because my blood level is thin and an abdominal aortic tear could kill me if it burst. I also had an esophagus “stretch “ because my food was baking up so the possibility of aspiration into my lungs could cause pneumonia. Plus I am being monitored for a spot on my right lung.
It’s probably time I start taking care of myself as I’m not getting any younger. My birthday is in 3 days and I want to live into the 80’s. Thanks for encouraging me.