new warfarin hazard as seen on tv

[westie]

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the consumer protection show "fair go" on tv last night had a feature about some poor soul who had been conned into buying a $14,000 vibrating chair.

it was explained to us that this chair was especially unsuited to the purchaser because they were "taking the blood thinner warfarin which thins the blood and that the shaking/vibrating action of the chair would be hazardous to someone taking warfarin"

honest, that is what was said.

 

[briansmom]

wow, the intelligence level sinks even lower

 

[Bina]

If that guy paid $14,000 for a vibrating chair, it better do more than vibrate.
Anyway, who knows....he could have a pre-existing clotting problem and not even have a mech valve.

 

[Nancy]

Gee, you can buy a back plus seat vibrating and heat cushion made by Homedics at Walmart for about $25.00. It fits right on your own chair and you can take it from room to room with you. And it has all kinds of settings.

I guess that guy wouldn't want to hear about that.

 

[catwoman]

I'd say that the speaker was sitting on his brains
-- which were being scrambled by the vibrating chair. Which is worse than a person on warfarin sitting on that vibrating chair................

 

[Freddie]

Oh Good Gravy Marie.

Any explanation on why it would be hazardous?

I think that someone there deserves a letter.

 

[Ross]

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the consumer protection show "fair go" on tv last night had a feature about some poor soul who had been conned into buying a $14,000 vibrating chair.

it was explained to us that this chair was especially unsuited to the purchaser because they were "taking the blood thinner warfarin which thins the blood and that the shaking/vibrating action of the chair would be hazardous to someone taking warfarin"

honest, that is what was said.

Find me a link to this feature and I'll have a field day with it.

 

[Roger Frank]

Was Billy Mays hangin' around?

 

[halleyg]

Oh Good Gravy Marie.

That is sooo funny, I've never heard that one before Freddie!!

Maybe the vibrating chair was supposed to shake some sense into him...

 

[Freddie]

That is sooo funny, I've never heard that one before Freddie!!

Maybe the vibrating chair was supposed to shake some sense into him...

Opps. Am I showing my age??
Its something that my mom used to say.

 

[COLLEEN S]

Holy crap! That thing better do my taxes and wash my car too!

 

[Ross]

http://tvnz.co.nz/fair-go/14-000-chair-2788240/video

Kind of disappointed. I wanted to rip someone a new one, but it's not fair-go that needs the ripping, it's the son of the elderly couple. There is some truth to what he said though, in elderly people, Warfarin can make bleeding easier, though it certainly isn't a cause of bleeding unless it's way over range and his dad has Alzheimer's, so what's the chances of that happening? HUGE. He probably isn't being followed very well with his INR care.

 

[Ross]

Was Billy Mays hangin' around?

Roger are you pickin on my good buddy Billy? Billy is the man, so is Vince (Shlomi) Offer from Scamnow or I mean Shamwow.

 

[lance]

Ha, ha .............

Ha, ha .............

Now visualize this

Vibrating chair rocking and a-rolling. Occupant attempting to do a finger stick, followed by occupant attempting to position blood drop near strip.

Funnier still if monitor rocking and a-rolling at the same time.

Occupant could slide from chair on river of blood breaking fanny bone on the way to the floor.

So I understand the concern.

 

[Bina]

I don't wanna see the poor old guy try to drink boiling hot coffee while rockin and rollin in the chair.

 

[Lisa in Katy]

Okay, this post has been around for almost 24 hours and no one has turned to sex yet? Does this mean I have to throw away my vibrator? The doctor warned me about shaving, but not that!

 

[Bina]

Lisa.....I was letting you have the first shot at the "personal vibrator" topic. Go Girl.

 

[Freddie]

Okay, this post has been around for almost 24 hours and no one has turned to sex yet?

I thought it was already there

 

[terryj]

Too bad I couldn't get hubby to see that spending all that money on his Harley was hazardous to his health. A vibrating chair, wow. And as for sex, there is something kinda exciting about riding on a HARLEY behind your hubby of almost 42 years.

 

[BigOwl]

You can imagine the vibrator jokes we get around my house, where we own a Solaflex platform vibrator (it's Owlspouse's--he stands on it to do free weight exercises for tennis, but it's supposed to increase circulation and such). But if vibrations were bad for folks on warfarin I'd probably be dead because I exercise on it, too. Anyway, it sure as hell didn't cost $14,000 (more in the neighborhood of $300, as I remember). This guy's probably just pissed off that he got taken and is looking for a way out. Why would anybody pay that kind of money for anything (except maybe a Harley)?