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DachsieMom, Roche is still the manufacturer of all CoaguChek machines. It sounds as though you may be dealing with a 3rd party anticoagulation management vendor. Have you contacted your insurance company to find out what business they are paying? An EOB for your insurance may give you some info...

I haven’t taken Jantoven, but I’ve taken Coumadin and generic from at least 3 manufacturers without any side effects or change in INR. I would have been among the first to become nauseated, based on decades of being sickened by the least little thing. I even keep generic Zofran on hand just in case.

I assume you are a U.S. citizen. Would you be enrolling in Medicare at age 65? (Please, no comments about stability of funding for Medicare or Social Security) If so, you may want to investigate having surgery in the U.S. (and have a Medicare Advantage plan vs. Original Medicare and...

I bought 2 boxes of 24 strips in the spring. When I went to use the first batch, I got an error code of strips expired. Checked chip and found I had left the chip for the old batch in. Looked for chip for the new batch I was trying to use and couldn’t find it. I was ticked off, kicked myself and...

I have never taken Jantoven. However, I switched from Coumadin to generic warfarin in 2004 or early 2005 and have taken warfari manufactured by 3 or 4 pharmaceutical companies since then. I have maintained my regular eating habits all throughout. I may be unusual, but my INR has not wavered when...

First of all, I am quite surprised a surgeon would have scheduled you for any procedure only 3 weeks after being discharged for pneumonia. You may have been clear of any infection, but it takes longer than 3 weeks for the body to recover from pneumonia before inflicting heart surgery on it. And...

I have a paravalvular leak. It was detected about 2 years after my MVR (2003). After that cardiologist retired, I switched practices around. 2008 and after an echo there, the new cardio ordered a TEE. He said that it was stable and could remain stable for years. I have not had a TEE repeat since...

Calguy, Has your wife had a consult with doctors at either the Mayo or Cleveland clinic or elsewhere? I believe one of these two has a satellite location in Arizona, but either of these well-respected institutions can handle consultations based on lab and test results. I assume that her primary...

My husband and I had appointments for May 5. We got a call 2 weeks before that they were reopening and had to reschedule us. Earliest date they can get us in at the same time is Sept. 30. My husband no longer drives, so I have scheduled dentals at the same time, different hygienists.

A reminder: One out-of-range INR is not a trend. My cardiologist and I agree with that. He says 2 out-of-range INRs are a trend; I lean toward 3. I prefer to ride out an out-of-range INR trend as long as it’s not a drastic trend. With almost 17 years of being on warfarin and 16 1/2 of...

I buy my strips on eBay. Bought 2 boxes of 24s recently for about $250 total. Bought 1 box (exp. 4/2021, I think) and then saw a little better deal 2 weeks later on another with same exp. date so I bought that one, too. I record my results in a notebook (have almost 17 years of results). I do...

Sheena, I presume by “all numbers” match, you are including the code #. That is the important key here. If the code number is the same on each box of 6 strips, you only need 1 chip for your machine. That chip # should be the same as for each box of strips. I have always bought boxes of 24 or 48...

I’ve packed copies of our MPOAs and DPOs, medical directives, HIPPAs, lists of meds, etc., in my overnight bag and my husband’s TravelPro. My husband has had several emergency hospitalizations, and having his forms readily available has helped immensely. Also helps to have names & phone numbers...

I have encountered this situation several times in the almost 17 years I’ve been on warfarin. I was told at Walmart that it only had 20 or whatever the number of tablets in stock and would order the rest. I was able to get a partial RX that day and pick up the rest the next day. I only get...

The roommate is “sundowning,” and I can’t imagine any medical facility not giving a dementia patient a room to themselves. And asking for a family member to stay, at least at night. Two years ago my husband, who has Alzheimer’s, required hand surgery and, being a heart patient, was on a cardiac...

Protime, I found one medical paper published in April 2018 about the single-chamber Micra that gave a $10,000 cost for that device. That paper involved the first implantations in Hawaii. There is no retrieval system for the Micra (or Micra AV, I am sure). St. Jude Medical has a leadless...

ProTime, I haven’t seen figures on what a Micra AV goes for. My husband is a retired Texas state employee (higher education) and insurance (a Medicare Advantage group plan) should cover everything 100%. When we get that info, I will post it.

Catie, We were at El Fenix on Camp Bowie Blvd. in Fort Worth. Yum!

My husband got his first (and probably only) pacemaker on Monday, Feb. 17, at Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center in Fort Worth TX. He got a Medtronic Micra AV. He was the first person to get this new PM in the Fort Worth area. I posted about this on my FB page, but did not mention my...