Aussie38
Status: damn these incessant headaches!
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- I managed to arrive safely in Denver after 3 flights totaling 20hrs flight time over two days. It was reassuring to have the warfarin as a safety net and my coagucheck monitor to ensure I was in the therapeutic range the whole way. I now have to try...
- The flight i was on when I got the DVTs I was wearing flight socks, so I have been told to wear thigh length stockings now when I fly, but I used them last weekend on a flight, for the first time, they were awful, they wriggled down and bunched up,...
- Tomorrow I am flying to my mum and dad's place. That is a 5hr flight from Perth to Sydney then a 2hr flight from Sydney to Narrabri in the NW of the state. I am still on warfarin and my inr was 2.5 yesterday so it should all be fine, but naturally i...
- I finally bought my own coagucheck INR monitor in preparation for a trip to outback Australia to visit my parents later this month and also to use during my move to the USA next month, it cost me $670 but my health cover paying $536 of that bill so...
- My cardiac echo was all clear so I don't have pulmonary hypertension like the ER Drs thought recently. My Dr believes that my recent difficulty breathing was just weak lungs, a virus and fatigue all combining to sucker punch me. But I finished my...
- I was back in the ER today exactly 6mths since my PE, I have been SOB for 15days but my INR was high, so I have avoided the hospital since i thought PE was unlikely. But after 2 weeks SOB I was exhausted and ready for answers. I didn't expect to...
- Does anyone else find that their body falsely believes it needs less sleep whilst on warafrin?Every night I wake up after about 6hrs sleep and can't get back to sleep. I used to be and 8-12hrs a night type of sleeper so it is unusual for me but has...
- Yahoo - the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency is appointing an investigator to my complaint against the GP who failed to diagnose my pulmonary embolism in March that almost killed me. This means they feel there is enough in the...
- I am 4 mths post PE and still seeing my Dr twice a week most of the time, i did get back to weekly for about 3 weeks prior to a minor gyno surgery last month and my INR has been all over the place since then.I am doing a teaching degree at the...
- I finally had my hematology appt today (3mths+ post PE) and he says I should stay on warfarin for 12mths rather than the 6mths previously recommended and to take low dose aspirin daily once I go off the warfarin to reduce the chance of clotting by...
- I have made an official complaint to the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency about the Dr who misdiagnosed my PE as asthma. I did it weeks ago and yesterday received the Dr's written letter detailing his side of the story - which had...
- Does anyone know if warfarin causes us to have a lower threshold for stress? I feel constantly like i have had too much caffeine or ventolin lately. I just can't stop moving or doing stuff, it's go, go, go all the time. I'm just not sure it this...
- I am back at work after 6 weeks recovery and the first two days were fine, but today was day 3 and I have run out of energy!I am an education assistant and uni student (studying teaching) this week and next week I am doing a prac placement for me...
- Yesterday i participated in a MS fundraiser. I climbed the 1096 steps of Perth's tallest building. That's 52 flights of stairs. I am only 6 weeks post massive bilateral PE and can't believe I actually made it. It's a credit to the medical team at...
- Well it finally happened Sunday night. I hit my emotional rock bottom after maintaining my strength for 3 weeks of extreme illness pre-diagnosis and the 4 weeks since. My mind could no longer ignore the fact that I survived through 8hrs in the...