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So I went ahead and had this procedure last Friday morning. I went along with the reccomendation and switched over to Lovenox. My last warfarin was the Saturday before. I began lovenox on Monday. I Wednesday I self tested at 1.3. On Thursday I lab tested 1.1. I started back on warfarin right...

Love to hear this Dick. Rock on brother.

A couple of simple things to make the hospital stay a little more convenient. I'm not sure if these are in the stickys. Buy some boxer type shorts to wear under the hospital gown after the surgery. It will make it much easier to walk around without holding the back of the gown closed. They...

I would guess it at about half an inch in diameter. Maybe a little less. I'm going to start back with my general and see if I can work with a different doc to remove it.

So far when I have compared to a lab draw the meter usually reads about .2 higher. So my 3.0 is probably a 2.8. I hear you about the supply issue though. My insurance provides the meter but their a little stingy on the strips. If the supply doesn't change I may look at just buying a different meter.

I'm also in a warm part of California. I tested Tuesday night. We were mid nineties all day but my house is air conditioned. I had no problems with Inratio2 but I did test at the high end of my range. 3.0 when I'm pretty consistent around 2.4. I wonder if the warmer temps had that effect on me?

I have a cyst on my back that I would like to have removed. My Kaiser doctor sent me to a surgery center to talk to a surgeon. Last time I had one removed it was done by a dermatologist and it was long before warfarin. But I guess that's the way Kaiser does it. Anyways, The surgeon wants me to...

I love it.. Now I have two reasons to stare at cleavage.

Try starting a new supplement about a week before your scheduled blood draw. That should give you an idea if your level is changing before it gets to far.

I was doing the same thing. Then like everyone else was unable to get strips. I called the Kaiser self testing center and they actually told me that they would provide enough strips for testing twice a month. Had a pretty good discussion with the lady and she said that they could probably get me...

So I have a friend who is a doctor that can order them for me. I just need to find a place that actually has the strips.

Well it was worth a try but here's what they sent me when I tried to order strips: Gary, Thank you for your order! Alere Corporation is on a Nation Wide backorder with all professional grade test strips due to the FDA recall. The manufacturer has asked distributors, like us, to start selling...

Donna, I just went to http://www.medsupplier.com/alere-hem...s-99008G2.aspx and ordered 12 strips. I just clicked the button that says I'm a doctor or health care provider. I'll keep everybody posted on how it works. I'm betting they don't check anything and just end me the strips. Gary

Donna, Can you provide links to the suppliers that have the strips? Thanks Gary

I just looked myself and there are no strips available on Ebay or Amazon.

Recently I wanted to have a small cyst removed on my back. Far from actual surgery but the doc was sure I needed to go on lovinox for about 4 days before the surgery and stop it 12 hours before. Seems like overkill for a cyst. I decided to just wait. But it really got me thinking that we don't...

Thanks all. I'll try to get a scar pic up if I can remember how to post pictures. It wasn't easy if I remember correctly. But it does look pretty good. No complaints.

It snuck right by me a few days ago. I guess it's a great thing that I'm barely thinking about it. Here's hoping that everyone does as well. Gary

So I did a test today. I had a blood draw at about 8:30am. I then tested with my Inratio2 meter about 1.5 hours later at home. The self test was 2.8 the lab test was 2.5. I think I'm comfortable with these numbers.

Shannon, All of the advice here is dead on. My addition would be to get off of the pain meds as soon as you can. Pain is your body telling you to stop doing something. You want to listen. I walked my neighborhood for 5 weeks and finally got bored and headed back to the gym. Started building up...