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.
Isnt just wonderful when your clinic is at a loss for why your inr results jump around so much!
Sunday I had to do an inr because there was blood in my urine. It came back 2.3 so dr said no worries about bleeding so now waiting for culture to come back for that issue. This morning I went for my routine scheduled inr check and it's down to 1.9. My clinic pharmacist was baffled on why it dipped in 2 days when I haven't missed a dose or changed anything for meds or diet. Lucky me gets to go for another inr on Friday to see how things are looking then. That's 3 blood draws in a week! This is getting draining.
Has anyones inr jumped around in such a short time? A week ago(Wednesday) Inr was 2 while on 3.5mgs so they bumped me to 4mgs m-w-f then all other days 3.5mgs. Sunday 2.3 and now today (Tuesday) 1.9
Sunday I had to do an inr because there was blood in my urine. It came back 2.3 so dr said no worries about bleeding so now waiting for culture to come back for that issue. This morning I went for my routine scheduled inr check and it's down to 1.9. My clinic pharmacist was baffled on why it dipped in 2 days when I haven't missed a dose or changed anything for meds or diet. Lucky me gets to go for another inr on Friday to see how things are looking then. That's 3 blood draws in a week! This is getting draining.
Has anyones inr jumped around in such a short time? A week ago(Wednesday) Inr was 2 while on 3.5mgs so they bumped me to 4mgs m-w-f then all other days 3.5mgs. Sunday 2.3 and now today (Tuesday) 1.9
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Look at what my best friend did with my picture!
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We all have 24 hours in a day. How we spend these hours is important. Watching a little bit of a video about how sitting affects us made me aware of how much sitting and laying down I do. Gonna have to work on that.Your turn. Tell me another truth.
Don't get too worried about the INR. It really can be a challenge and what you're experiencing isn't all too unusual.
I knew I could get some reassurance on here. Today would have been my weekly check since the adjusted dose from last week but Sunday's check was an added one due to going in to get checked for the blood in my urine. I'm starting to wonder if my inr fluctuates every week because 1) they seem to change my dose after every check and 2) I'm 8weeks postpartum meaning either my hormones are still regulating or settling down now in my body. (if hormone levels effect inr?)
Overall, we try to keep my dose pretty stable and usually only do small adjustments at any given time unless I'm way over (like the 3.7) in which case we'll hold.
It can really take a while to get sorted out and, even then, sometimes you'll get these weird things like that. It just isn't worth the headache to figure out *WHY* with every jump or drop. Sometimes, you just shrug and re-test in a few days and go from there.