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- So, I'm having sinus surgery in a couple weeks and part of the pre-op testing is to run all sorts of blood work. Turns out my cholesterol is sky-high (around 327) and my primary is recommending starting medication after surgery. Like I need another...
- This sounds kind of silly, but every so often being on warfarin can be a good thing.Case in point ...My mother-in-law made this horrible looking cranberry stuff last year for Thanksgiving and was nagging me and my husband to eat some for dinner. My...
- I stand all day at work, so roughly nine hours on my feet during the week. A few months ago, I started getting little tweaks of pain along my diaphram, just under my rib cage on both sides. I was thinking it was just muscles complaining because of...
- I got my new CoaguChek a couple months ago. The way it works is my doctor writes a prescription for the machine. The prescription includes my goal range (2.0 - 3.0) and how often I should test. Her assistant wrote the prescription for me to test...
- Being a warfarin lifer gets me kind of thoughtful sometimes. I wonder, for example, what happens when mosquitoes bite me. And they do LOVE to bite me. I imagine the mosquitoes talking to each other and saying things like, "Hey, try this one! She...
- I saw a study on Eliquis summarized in my local paper. When I ran a search online, I turned up another study comparing it not only to warfarin but also to others in the new crop of blood thinners, including Pradaxa.The big deal about this one seems...
- Maybe I'm missing the obvious, but I can't figure out what to do with "medical waste" like my empty Lovenox syringes, the sharps from my home INR tester, and the test strips (with blood on 'em) from the home INR tester.I'm not sure this stuff should...
- I just read this article about a young man collapsing from a PE after playing XBox for 12 hours. Never occurred to me, but I guess it could be a side effect of this kind of activity....
- I just read this article about a young man collapsing from a PE after playing XBox for 12 hours. Never occurred to me, but I guess it could be a side effect of this kind of activity....
- So, I am *finally* getting my Coagucheck tomorrow night. Got a nurse coming over to train me on it and everything. I am super excited about this!The thing is, they seem to be a little nazi-ish on the testing schedule. I have to test exactly as my...
- I posted this over at the PE group too, but figured all us clotters would enjoy!Two brothers built a banana car and are driving it around the world. Part of the mission is to make a documentary. The other part of the mission is to raise money for...
- Seriously, I don't know how I stumble across these things. Two brothers built a banana car and are driving it around the world. Part of the mission is to make a documentary. The other part of the mission is to raise money for DVT awareness because...
- My INR has been up and down since my surgery in March. Seems more stable now, but I'm still testing every week or so. For the most part, I have been increasing my dose to keep my INR in range. Usually I take my warfarin in the evening. My husband...
- **Warning! There is grossness contained within**I have sinus issues and a lot of mornings I wake up and spend the first hour or so blowing my nose and feeling snot drain down the back of my throat. Some really bad mornings, the snot triggers a...
- Not that this is a shock to most of us, but ... this British study finds that more recent birth control pills have 2 - 3 times the blood clot risk of older...