Pulmonary Embolism Support Group
By far the most common form of pulmonary embolism is a thromboembolism, which occurs when a blood clot, generally a venous thrombus, becomes dislodged from its site of formation and embolizes to the arterial blood supply of one of the lungs. Symptoms may include difficulty breathing, pain during breathing, and more rarely circulatory instability and death.
Hi all,
I think that I wrote a while ago about my INR not stabilizing.
It had been really low for the last one month and a half, and in the middle of August it reached the lowest point of 1.7. I had to fly to Portugal (3 hrs flight) and the doctors at the trhrombosis centre told me it was not safe for me and put me back on Dalteparin (Fragmin) injections.
When I was abroad (5 days after the injections), my INR was finally almost good, at 2.4 (I have to be in the 2.5-3.5 range).
This Monday I got tested again here at home and it was 3.7! The nurses told me it's not good because it's higher than needed and now we have to bring it down.
They told me that such bounces are not good for my body, but I cannot do much other than following the therapy they give me (now my schema is: 4mg of Acenocoumarol/Sintrom daily, with the exception of two days in which I take 5mg.
Will it ever stabilize? Somebody told me that in young people it might be slightly difficult (I am 27).
Thanks :/
I think that I wrote a while ago about my INR not stabilizing.
It had been really low for the last one month and a half, and in the middle of August it reached the lowest point of 1.7. I had to fly to Portugal (3 hrs flight) and the doctors at the trhrombosis centre told me it was not safe for me and put me back on Dalteparin (Fragmin) injections.
When I was abroad (5 days after the injections), my INR was finally almost good, at 2.4 (I have to be in the 2.5-3.5 range).
This Monday I got tested again here at home and it was 3.7! The nurses told me it's not good because it's higher than needed and now we have to bring it down.
They told me that such bounces are not good for my body, but I cannot do much other than following the therapy they give me (now my schema is: 4mg of Acenocoumarol/Sintrom daily, with the exception of two days in which I take 5mg.
Will it ever stabilize? Somebody told me that in young people it might be slightly difficult (I am 27).
Thanks :/
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I think your nurses are overreacting as far as telling you it's not good for your body. I mean, it's the nature of the medication which they obviously should know. Of course it's optimal to be in range but if it were something that were that easy to do, we wouldn't have to monitor our INR regularly or adjust our dosages.
My INR was very hard to regulate the first 5-6 months I was on it. It was never in range, ever. As time went on, it started to stabilize and now, I've been on it like 7 years and I'd say for most of that I've remained in range. But even now, once in a while, things just seem to change out of nowhere.
I'd try not to get stressed about it. For some of us, it just takes more time for things to even out.
I know that 3.7 is not that much higher than 3.5, but I really do hope it becomes a little bit more stable and that my checks will be more sporadic (I still need to go every week, which makes me a little anxious each time).
So, it's just something to consider if you find that after a few months you're still in this same boat.
I do know it's stressful but that doesn't help you either, so try to not let it get you.