"Ambassador" for living with warfarin

[catwoman]

I was showing a cat in Chehalis, Washington, over the weekend. During lulls between judgings, I visited with longtime acquaintances. I hadn't visited Washington or Oregon in 5 years, and some of the acquaintances asked about my MVR. I told them I had a mechanical & take warfarin.
Some of them were suddenly quiet. One person said, "That's rat poison!"
One has a daughter -- a lung cancer patient -- who was recently put on warfarin due to a PE.
I was quick to explain that living with warfarin **is** easier than many people think. That you must educate yourself first. That your life doesn't come to a standstill because of warfarin. Told 'em about home-testing.
In a nutshell: Living with warfarin is no big deal.
When we went to dinner Saturday night, I ordered a small house salad (my vitamin K), and a friend "donated" her green trees (broccoli) to me.

BTW, one friend is a diabetic and now has an insulin pump. I was quite interested in it, so she showed me how she alters her insulin dose throughout the day. Demonstrated her glucometer so I could watch. Really cool!
Said the pump has freed up her life. She's a TSA screener at a major airport and has learned to adjust her insulin to known busy times during her workday.

 

[Ross]

Excellent!

I'm never going to get over how people who don't take the drug, react to it and anyone taking it. There is a true lack of understanding in the world and the prophets of doom aren't helping matters by spreading utter nonsense about it either.

 

[RandyL]

Easy for some, harder for others. I guess it depends on your metabolism.I am one of the lucky ones along with Catwoman

 

[geebee]

Definitely information that needs to get out. Thanks for helping to educate the masses.

BTW - not to change the subject - but this Aby lover wants the scoop on Exeter - please.

 

[catwoman]

Gina:

Exeter ("Fred") is Grand Premier, National Winner Wil-o-glen's Exeter of Zapzkatz, 16th best cat in premiership in 1997-98. He was best Aby in premiership that year.
His older full sister was named Vassar (GC, BW, NW Vassar of Wil-o-glen, DM), so I continued the theme of Ivy League or collegiate names for my cats, hence Exeter (Phillips Exeter Academy).

Fred is 10 now, rules the roost, obnoxiously demands attention regardless if you're cooking or watching TV. A pain in the hindquarters.