sue943
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I was talking to a man at my stroke group today (yesterday) and somehow I got around to mentioning warfarin and he said that he takes it for his diabetes and was I diabetic too then?
I had to explain to him that he doesn't take it for his diabetes, he takes it because he has had a double bypass and as he told me, his other two arteries are quite badly blocked but they cannot operate on them due to his physical condition, it would kill him he was told. He was quite surprised, it hadn't occurred to him that it wasn't for diabetes.
When I asked his INR range he had absolutely no idea, just said he takes 4.5mg and has regular blood tests and they tell him what to take, for instance last time he was told to skip one dose so I guess he had wandered a bit high. Since we are all tested at our hospital I know he is being tested and dosed just fine so that isn't a worry.
I had to explain to him that he doesn't take it for his diabetes, he takes it because he has had a double bypass and as he told me, his other two arteries are quite badly blocked but they cannot operate on them due to his physical condition, it would kill him he was told. He was quite surprised, it hadn't occurred to him that it wasn't for diabetes.
When I asked his INR range he had absolutely no idea, just said he takes 4.5mg and has regular blood tests and they tell him what to take, for instance last time he was told to skip one dose so I guess he had wandered a bit high. Since we are all tested at our hospital I know he is being tested and dosed just fine so that isn't a worry.