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I had the Barostim implanted on Saturday morning -- I was told that it took about an hour to do - I went in at 7 and was home at around 10. As expected, it was two parts - the one attached to the Baro node over my carotid, and the one below my clavicle. I'm what my wife calls a 'drug virgin'...

this seems like CYA from the makers of Marevan/Warfarin. No, you shouldn't take high doses of aspirin or other NSAIDs when you take warfarin. Too much can cause gastric bleeds - which are even worse if you're on warfarin. Aspirin messes with platelets, so it takes longer for your blood to clot...

My antivirus says that the website in the link is a phishing site. Avoid it.

I've had situations where even equipment in the hospital couldn't get an accurate reading.

A minor update -- I described the Barostim device as if the signal it sent to the carotid was an electric pulse. Apparently it's a vibration - faster than the ear can detect - apparently. I'm set for the procedure on Saturday morning. It's supposed to be very simple -- I'll report back after...

I'm finding that a smart ring (NOT from a major supplier) -- one that I got for less than $30, does a pretty good job detecting heart rate, blood oxygen, and heart rate variation (in addition to sleep and activity). I bought two -- one was wildly inaccurate. The other, on my finger as I type...

I'm set for Saturday. Got blood work, carotid CT scans with and without contrast. Met with doctor, who called the Barostim rep and sort of put my mind at ease (most questions are my wife's concerns). It sounds like a very simple outpatient procedure - 40 minutes under the knife, a bit of...

Yes. 2+2 doesn't always equal 4. The doctor has his own mini-surgical center. I'm sure he'll charge Medicare a good chunk. He'll probably charge Medicare a healthy amount for the device. He has a vascular surgeon from UCLA doing the operation - which doesn't necessarily mean that this surgeon...

Roche is big enough that they can manufacture in almost any country. I'm not particularly sure about supply issues. Plus - if tariffs are imposed on their exports, they may start manufacturing in the United States as a way to keep the prices down.

Latest update: I had nuclear study (my brain froze at the name) a few months ago. My echo was even further back. My endurance has been waning - although I haven't been pushing myself, either. Yes, I'm my own worst enemy. My electrocardiologist suggested that I get a Barostim - a recently...

Pellicle - for strips that are so important to the millions who rely on them, perhaps your concern about the strips being manufactured in one location makes sense - although, as far as we know, there may be multiple factories in Germany that make them. Most of the strips are made with dates 18...

There are FOUR now, Perhaps whatever scared eBay about posting these meters (or somehow these got past their filters), it's nice to see that a few (maybe the first few in quite a while are getting listed).

I took another look at the offering. There's a higher price that includes VAT (value added tax?), bring the price higher - but still lower than the U.S. price. OTOH - there are U.S. retailers who sell the meter with 24 or 48 strips (or alone) for not a whole lot more (and I won't mention names...

IIRC, the XS throws up only a short list of error codes. The InRange, with more memory (and probably a lot more diagnostics) probably has the smarts to report more error codes. I wonder how many of these can be cleared just by resetting (or maybe restarting) the meter. It's interesting that...

The most annoying thins was the tab at the top with Black Friday Deals. I think there's a limit to how commercial this site becomes. Having a strip supplier listed as a sponsor is a lot less intrusive than 'Black Friday Deals.'

This looks like a great price, but, then again, the words 'if the price is valid' are extremely important in this case. How can this company buy (and sell) a meter that they probably have to pay more for - even at a wholesale price? Is this perhaps funded by an organization that wants to see...

Be careful not to leave any remnants from the cotton swab when you clean the contacts.

Pellicle: Timmay and I were both stating our experience with an alternative to SelfCareDepot. What we got was not crap like what must have been on Facebook and Reddit (as you've said). The things from this alternate provider are legitimate. As I've already said, I plan to support this site's...

I didn't take it that way. And I don't want to be perceived as pushing anyone to either (or other) suppliers. I've only used Reliaston once and had a good experience with them. I suspect that others here had good experiences from SelfCareDepot. I suspect that when eBay still allowed sales of...

IIRC, Reliaston's code for 10% off (savewithreliaston) didn't seem to expire. Your strips from Reliaston might cost even less if you use the code. The code probably also applies to meters. If SelfCareDepot's prices and expiration dates on the strips match or are better than Reliaston, I'll...