I agree with Christina's point. People forget doses and do perfectly well. Sure the INR may vary but this does not automatically translate into a hospitalization (or worse). When I travelI just try to take mine medications in the same routine as I do at home (morning and bedtime are close enough). You are going to do a lot of other stuff that will throw the INR off a lot more (eating, drinking, exercise will all be different).
I worked with a woman who had worked in Russia and the town ran out of chlorine for their drinking water. They still have a culture of secrecy and so they did not announce it to the town until a hepatitis epidemic got started. Then the hospital ran out of needles. Instead of saving one needle for each person, they used one on various people until it got too dull. Talk about two great ways to spread a viral disease. She was a chaplain in a hospital, so she was in a position to know what was happening -- the staff expressed their guilt to her.
