kjc431's Journal

Well, it's been a while again. I'm not much into this tellng about myself to the world, which then begs the question "Why are you doing it then?"  Hmmm...Have to think on that one, I guess for right now I'm just tired of being by myself and have nobody to talk to.

Soooo...here's what's been up with me. I'm riding the coumadin roller coaster...wheeeeeeeee  I was 2.2 on Sunday and decided to have some wine to bring my INR up yesterday, Monday, I was 2.4. So today my friend Rick asks if we can go for Chinese, he wanted to know if my INR would support the .5 drop I'd probably have. At first I said no and we headed to the mall and my Subway Turkey sandwich. But the further we drove the more I craved Chinese.  I mean who else makes chicken 50 different ways and  oh the crab rangoon.  So I caved and decided to go. I was cautious and only had one plate. Before we left I took 1 mg of warfarin just be safe. I didn't want to drop too low!!

So then we get back to work and I'm feeling the carbs pull me down so I vegged in my chair here for a while, feeling really drowsy and craving a nap. I decided to go for a walk to wake up and stretch my legs and I passed the room where all the goodies from a retirement reception this morning were stashed. I walked in just to puruse the offerings. Normally I never partake of anything but there was cake with strawberry filling and lots of lard icing on top.  So I was worrying about the extra 1 mg of warfarin I took at lunch and I thought maybe if I had a piece of cake with all that icing it would counter balance the warfarin, which I took to counter the Chinese food....~sigh  So I figure, either I'll be too low, or I'll be too high but hopefully I won't drop below 2 or go over 3. But al least I probably won't have a heart attack. I might have a brain bleed from banging my head against the wall for doing this today...but then  this too shall pass.

Speaking of heart attacks, one of my best friends who works with me had a mjor one last week. Her father died at age 59 the friday before and she had a heart attack last Tuesday. She's only 40 and has3 kids and a rotten husband.  Turns out she has a genetic where the arteries around her heart are small and they can spasm and become blocked easily. Her widow maker artery was 90% blocked and another was 50%. She's skinny as a rail, doesn't smoke or drink and exercises. She just has bad genes. I called her today to see how she was doing and she's developed and bad hematoma on her right groin at the access point. She said it hurts so bad she can barely get around and can't sleep. I told her to ask her cardiologist for some pain meds and she said he already offered them but she declined.  She went to see him yesterday on an emergency basis because of the hematoma and was told he was an hour and a half backed up and she'd be seeing a nurse practioner, but instead in walked the cardiologist. She said that's when she got worried because it must be serious and he said it was because it was surrounding her femoral artery and he wanted her to come back today.  I wanted to ask her why that was serious, but I figure it has something to do with the femoral artery which I know is a major artery in the leg. I just wonder if they're concerened of it bleeding out, or of the hematoma strangulating the artery.  Well Bosses came in and had some calls and now it't time to go home so til next time....