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- Haven't stopped in here in a long while... Some may know I chose to continue riding and racing triathlons since going full time on thinners in 2010. Done 4-5 half ironmans and an ironman in that time.Aware of all the risks, etc etc etc and chose...
- Quick question.. I read lots of folks wearing compression on planes. My question is, if we are therapeutic lifers, hydrate well and be sure to move around, is compression necessary? Seems like the elevated INR alone would take care of any issues....
- I had been able to find boxes of test strips on Amazon (my ins was not covering them) bu currently can only find boxes of 48 that will expire later this year. Would take me much longer than that to get through them.Primary reason I was not going...
- Curious if there are any resources for home testing strips? I see some on Amazon but it's a bx of 48, I don't need that many and I'm afraid they'd expire before I got to them (I test maybe once a month)
- Hopefully this is OK to post here. I posted before that I was racing Ironman Canada in about 5 weeks on August 25. During my long 17 mile run on Sunday, following my 2 mile ocean swim, even though the run got hard I started getting these massive...
- Just checking in, 6 weeks from Sunday is my Ironman race. I don't know if it's from the coumadin or the training, but the fatigue of this day in day out push is pretty strong. I know fatigue is reported as a side effect, never really noticed it...
- I know Tom was on this regimen pre xarelto. I would prefer to use this range rather than 2-3 (i stay in the way low 2s at any rate) as I am active, and would think it is marginally safer.Is that a protocol I would have any chance of convincing my...
- Further to the posts about things we can do as well as things we cannot as lifers..... Just got back from a week diving in Cozumel (as well as a few margaritas....), and am starting my main training block leading to Ironman Canada in Whistler,...
- My wife got an email about preparedness and things to keep in your emergency medical kit, and this was included. I have not heard of this previously, anyone else?Thoughts on it? Obviously wouldn't help internal bleeding, but perhaps exterior...
- The alternative is much much worse.http://docmeca.blogspot.com/2012/08/an-athletes-sudden-cause-of-death.htmlhttp://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-david-courtney-pa-voice-of-angels-kings-and-clippers-passes-away-20121129,0,3893797.storyR.I.P.
- Haven't seen this posted here, sorry if it's a repeat. Fairly big news since it's the first FDA approved drug since warfarinRivaroxaban/Xarelto has been approved by the FDA to treat DVTs and PEs. My concern is that insurance companies may prefer...
- Just curiousVery shortly before getting diagnosed with both of my rounds of PEs, I had missed a few days of work, feeling achy, sick, and as if I had the flu. I've read other accounts of people feeling the same. I rarely get sick, so these do not...
- My only real concern on thinners is getting in a bike or car accident and gettng a nice whack to the head, causing a hemhorrage. Never thought it might happen in a pool.Last Tuesday night swimming with my masters group (just a formal group workout,...
- Yeah, I did it. A big :P to the advice that you shouldn't walk around barefoot outside on coumadin (actually read that in a pamphlet). Heck, I wore a helmet.Recently got back from a 2 week trip to Hawaii. Zip lined in Maui. Hooked up with a local...
- I thought my PEs in July 2009 - diagnosed 3 years ago yesterday - were the end of anything physical for me. Any hope I had was dashed in March 2010 when I had my second round and became a lifer.With help from people here who had gone through it, I...