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    Dosing after colonoscopy

    Absolutely. Regardless of whether they removed polyps or not, you should restart therapy because it will take 3 to 5 days to get you back into therapeutic range.
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    Atrial Flutter Surprise

    This is the surprise those who think tissue valve replacement saves them from warfarin. Atrial flutter or Afib depending on frequency will get you on warfarin. Dilated atrium because of a muscular heart, will get you arrhythmia and what do you know...those dang pills. I have a vagal triggered...
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    Home testing

    Just make sure you soak the used strip in water. Alcohol affects the reactants. Distilled waters is best.
  4. M

    Gag reflex warfarin

    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
  5. M

    Gag reflex warfarin

    Are you even supposed to chew Warfarin?
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    New European Guidelines on Valvular Heart Disease Published

    I disagree. There is a range that reviews have shown to have lower risk of thrombosis and bleeding and that range is closer to an INR of 3 +/- 0.3. The argument of my body and my valve and my doctor is not supported by studies.
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    New European Guidelines on Valvular Heart Disease Published

    I have a mitral prosthesis so my range is 2.5 - 3.5. I aim for 3.0. Even with that, my INR has gone as high as 4.6 and as low as 2.2. I test regularly but I am not weekly. Moreless every 3 weeks unless I have concerns. If you aim for 2.0, you best be testing weekly.
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    After your surgery, what are some of the things that you found out that surprised you

    Hahahahaha...the Spirometer was invented by the devil himself. The coughing fits it induces are hell but you do not get pneumonia. Then having a nurse, beautiful one too, remove your catheter and tell you, there will be a little urine as I remove it. What my surgery did was remove all my...
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    Mechanical vs Tissue - need help deciding

    You are missing out on life. I stop kids putting things in their mouths with a story about how I swallowed my daddy's favorite watch and they can hear it for themselves. And the know it all adults who say is that your pacemaker ticking? NO! I have a mechanical heart. They do make them. I...
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    Mechanical vs Tissue - need help deciding

    What are the chances you end up on blood thinners in your 60s? What are the chances you develop afib from the surgeon slicing your heart? What are the chances you need another open heart surgery before you are TAVR ready? What would your financial situation be at that point and time? I love...
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    Why both Warfarin AND aspirin?

    These are not standard tests. Specialized tests will reveal everything but that is time. You know they will do blood cell counts, INR, glucose, cholesterol, urea....when they take blood. They are not doing vaccine antibody tests, if they did they would find out what you are missing.
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    Why both Warfarin AND aspirin?

    The problem is very simple, warfarin effects are measured by INR. Aspirin Effects are not so when you are at say INR 2.5 doctors know how to treat you if something happens that requires them to lower your INR. Aspirin makes their work nothing but guess work.
  13. M

    Marijuana and Blood Thinners/Mechanical Valve

    Uhm...Not to be a party pooper but I do not worry about blood thinners. I drive without a life alert bracelet. I have had nose bleeds and they are no biggie and I eat pretty much whatever I want, I test and make my dose adjustments and lie to my doctor. Anything between 2.5 and 3.5 is a 3.0...
  14. M

    Is it Curtains for me?

    Methane is a hydrocarbon so CH⁴ and burning it in oxygen produces CO² and H²O. So add a carbonated water plant right next to the steel factory
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    Covid Vaccines

    The Big Lebowski is very American. It is hard to get it if you are not but truth be told the humor there is very infantile IMO but there's some moments of divine utterances.
  16. M

    Big brother...Amazon watching

    That's where they went wrong. If that bottle had James, I would have freaked out but still of all drugs they could have chosen...metoprolol. They do know something
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    Covid Vaccines

    Another lie is "freedom of choice" when it comes to health insurance. Do you get insurance choices at work (and I am not talking plans)? Do you get to say I want health insurance but not this coverage or that coverage? Health Insurance is not auto insurance. Your body is not worth less as...
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    Big brother...Amazon watching

    I logged into my Amazon app and saw this? How do they know I take Metoprolol or was it chance?
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    Covid Vaccines

    Ha! So right now tests take a few days to get results. You can get faster results for a fee. You can get priority testing for a fee. If you are reading tea leaves, this is the deck stacked up for the unvaccinated. As for insurance fees, the premiums reflect you. Try to buy insurance with your...
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