Back in the horse-pistol again

No, I'm still on warferin (generic for Coumadin) but the dose was cut in half, just 2 mgs daily.

you should have your blood clotting time tested eavery month (minimum) because your diest can change your INR.
EG, at this time of year I like collard greens and kale and all these (most cole veggies) have high vitamin K levels and can **** up your INR . They want to keep your INR in the 2.0 to 2.9 rnge.
Maybe im bigger than you but I take warf at 5 mg a day and my INR is about 2.4. SO be careful about your blood checks.
I bought an INR machine from a med surplus and I hd my doc calibrate it (we ran my blood on both machines at the same time) and I take my own INR and send it to him via internet.
Even if you dont see him frequently , checking your own blood is getting like diabetes sugar testing.
Maybe I should develop a home INR with med-line communication to a data bank

Won't the increasing efficiency of the industrial arts eventually render doctors surplus to requirements. (Not surgeons).

We will be able to examine ourselves, diagnose ourselves and prescribe our own medicines.

Make mine a case of Suffolk Gold a week.

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we're going for a test drive

Well, all rightt!!! And thankee for making my avatar look presentable for the upcoming Feast of Samhain celebration.

you're welcome!

Your frown has gotten larger..

That ain't no frown. That's an evil grin, jowl to jowl.

Oh, so, grin with goatee?

See? I know how to do this all right as long as I don't have to go through Gravatar and all that crap. That's why I owe ehBeth a deep gratitude.

I hesitate to ask where you got stuck on gravatar. Let me guess, the cropping business? I had trouble with that, until I didn't.

I can't yammer at you, as I have my own photo site stuff I'm putting off.

Nahh, I can't seem to get them to cooperate with me vis-a-vis A2k, my e-mail, you name it. We don't speak the same cyber-language. Never been able to use it.

I answered you but my cursor started doing its dance. I remember this from when my hard drive died three years ago. It involves the cpu and the mouse. I think.
I'm trying to teach myself to use keyboard prompts, to prolong this period of it working.

Anyway, be well, bats.

Hey Merry,

How'z you doin? Have you had any recent checkups to see what's what? Hoping thangs are on the improve for you.

You take care, ya hear!

I'm okay, thanks for asking, Iz. Ran out of meds Sunday, can't get a refill until later today. But the great thing is I'm feeling fine without 'em. I have to get some blood work done later today for the cardiologist whom I'm seeing again Dec. 14. All-in-all, long as I take it relatively easy, I seem to be all right.

Good news indeed That is "Hau’oli"

Let us know how it goes on the 14th. ((Merry))x

Well Andrei, that's quite a story. Last year, after a week long car trip to Dallas, I went to the emergency room because I had a small pressure sensation in my chest. It turned out to be due to a blood clot in my leg. So I was on Coumadin for about 7 months. They told me I have a genetic condition with a name I can't seem to remember, but it causes my blood to clot more easily than other people. I only inherited from one parent however and so the hemotologist told me that if I was no longer taking Premarin (as I had stubbornly been doing) and not sitting around too much, and I was getting exercise and eating right, I could stop the Coumadin after the Doplar test showed the blood clot was dissolved.

I'm glad not to have to take it any more because my diet was getting very boring without the veges I love. And I couldn't eat garbanzo beans, so no Humus. Now I feel fine. Just taking one aspirin a day.

But then last week, I went for my check up and the doctor did an EKG and he said I have an old "infarc" so it looks like some of the blood clot did make it to my heart, but I didn't know it. Anyway, I've got an appointment with a Cardiologist too in a couple of weeks. I feel fine and all my other tests were excellent.........but damn, if getting old isn't annoying.

Agreed. But I console myself with the knowledge that old age doesn't last very long.

I'm on warfarin now, which is generic for Coumadin, 2.5 mgs daily. I ran out last night so haven't taken one today. I'm thinking of maybe not getting a refill and just relying on a daily aspirin.

Andy: a word of caution: you might want to stick to the program and don't improvise. You might not be happy with the results. When you have an A-Fib...and rhythm issues... depending on the severity (and whatever else might be going on cardiac-wise), a baby aspirin is just not enough protection.

Arrhythmias can be very sneaky...one can sneak up without any warning at all. Hence the need for thinner blood...preventatively and pre-emptive meds...so a clot doesn't get formed. It has little to do with feeling good at any one particular moment.

My best wishes to you for your continued good health.

Thank you for the advice, Rags. I'll probably follow it and get a refill tomorrow. Just sort of ruminating earlier.