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Thankyou Dick for your advise I appreciate it , I will do that and check it again . Regards Paul

Ive been self testing for 3 months now inr has been quite steady,but the last 3 reading they have crept up to 4,my range is 2-3. What’s the best way to bring it down with regarding dosage. Any advice would be great as I haven’t had to adjust before.

Hi Warrick , Thanks for the encouragement mate I’m sure as time goes by everything will come easy to manage.Reading posts on this great forum has defiantly built up my confidence, I must admit before I found this website I was struggling to cope with everyhing, having two surgeries in one year...

Thanks Jamie for your input, good to here you are doing well ,I self test weekly now and haven’t been out of range so far so I haven’t had to think about changing my dose . I haven’t had a reply from my clinic yet about self testing so I’m still having lab tests every six weeks. In the mean...

Good morning Andy Thank you for taking the time to contact me , your links will be very useful I am going to arrange an appointment with my GP to discuss my needs further . It is very encouraging to hear that a Uk based patient is able to self test officiallly so I will be on the case. Also...

Hi Warrick, Thanks for your reply.I have a on-x valve so that’s why I didn’t get a free testing machine :-). I’m gunna start self testing weekly from now on with my new machine,Hopfully my inr won’t go to far out of range and I can stay on the same dosage.Its been in range the last twice with...

I’ve been a very lucky boy Pellicle :-)

Hi Pellicle ,I appreciate all the info you have sent me things are a lot clearer now, Hopfully I will soon be up and running with a coaguchek machine and with the help of a good gp. Regards Paul

Hi Pellicle, I was surprised that my gp didn’t know about self testing,I’m thinking of changing my surgery ,I will try and find a gp that will go on aboard along side the anticoagulation clinic.Ive lost faith in my surgery I went countless times over the last few years only for them to say I’m...

Hi Leadville, thanks for the information. I asked my gp a few months ago and she had never heard about self testing ,she told me to ask my anticoagulation clinic about it which I did and they said they are going to do it in the near future and would get back to me. In the mean time they said I...

Thanks Pellicle I will do just that and thanks once again for taking time to reply it means a lot. Best wishes

Thankyou once again Pellicle for all your advice ,I’m definatly going to self test from now and keep a track of my results, and change my dose if and when. Kind Regards Paul.

Thankyou Dick0236 I value your comments and yes I do find this forum very helpful and informative I now know that self testing is the way forward for me , just hope that my clinic starts its trials soon. Kind regards Paul1972

Hi Pellicle, Thanks a lot for replying to my post it’s really helped me understand what to do with my dosing should it go out of range you have made me more confident with what to do,Hopfully my local clinic will get on board with me one day with self testing but as it stands at the minute I...

Hi Superman I’ve seen on your profile that I’ve had very similar operations as you ,it has given me a real boost to see that you are really doing well 27yrs after your first operation ,I’m really pleased I came across this forum. Regard Paul

Thanks for all the information superman , I will Hopfully get loads of advise on here ,yes 1972 is my birth year and I agree with you it is a fine vintage .

Cheers superman, I’m from the uk and I asked my clinic about self testing and they said they are going to start a self testing trial with a few candidates ,I gave them my name and they said they will get back to me ,that was 3 months ago so I have brought my own kit,the only problem is I need to...

ive been on warfarin since my second ohs 6 months ago and now my anticoagulation clinic want me to have lab tests every 6 weeks,this seems a long time to wait. I have purchased a home testing kit is this a good idea or should I leave it to the clinic to advise me about my dosage .

I get that feeling also in my throat ddt77, I never had it after my first surgery with aortic root replacement and valve repair so it must be something to do with having a merchanical valve and how it works .Thanks for the response I hope your recovery is going well :-)

I get that feeling also in my throat ddt77, I never had it after my first surgery with aortic root replacement and valve repair so it must be something to do with having a merchanical valve and it works .Thanks for the response I hope your recovery is going well :-)