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Hi all:
I am 2 1/2 months out and doing well.
I pretty much cut out alcohol altogether. Before, I usually had a glass of wine before dinner and sometimes a few at parties or special events.
I am going away on a badly needed vacation next week. Badly needed (because you all know how stressful and terrible it is when one has a PE- all of the unknowns, etc. )
Some people say to stay away from alcohol altogether while some say that a drink or 2 is fine.
I certainly don't want to throw my INR levels off because I've pretty much been able to keep them good.
Can I eat more vit. K foods to counteract the alcohol? It is so tricky.
Thanks in advance for ANY advice.
I am 2 1/2 months out and doing well.
I pretty much cut out alcohol altogether. Before, I usually had a glass of wine before dinner and sometimes a few at parties or special events.
I am going away on a badly needed vacation next week. Badly needed (because you all know how stressful and terrible it is when one has a PE- all of the unknowns, etc. )
Some people say to stay away from alcohol altogether while some say that a drink or 2 is fine.
I certainly don't want to throw my INR levels off because I've pretty much been able to keep them good.
Can I eat more vit. K foods to counteract the alcohol? It is so tricky.
Thanks in advance for ANY advice.
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Walking around drunk though is probably one of the things your doc would say not to do simply because you might fall and hurt yourself.
Then again, I tend to do things that make my docs nervous, and I don't restrict my diet in the least (dose to the diet, not diet to the dose)
Your mileage may vary, etc etc etc
For me, my INR has never been affected by drinking that I can tell. I usually have anywhere from 1-3, sometimes an occasional 4, cocktails on a Friday or Saturday night. What's interesting is that chronic,heavy drinking can actually decrease your INR (it affects metabolism of the warfarin).
I can say when I was first on warfarin my doc was ok with me having 1-2 drinks, but really I'm sure not many docs are ever going to tell you it's ok to drink more than that, whether on warfarin or not.
I don't restrict my diet either, at ALL, and I certainly wouldn't start introducing more greens to try to account for alcohol consumption. I think that's just asking for trouble in terms of an unstable INR.
Have fun, relax, try not to worry.
Never had any issues and I think it's all about if you get drunk, have an accident and start bleeding. Then it's a problem.