Recent content by Elsie

I have plenty right now. The strips can be used, but the date on the machine will need to be adjusted so it doesn't realize the strips are expired.

There are doctors who will see you without insurance. You just have to pay cash for the visit. Going to an ER is usually not an option in the US because they won't usually write a script for more than a week. You are lucky it wasn't worse. I hope others will learn from you that Warfarin should...

I don't know if I was in a different gown, but I know that before I went in, it was on backwards (opening in front) and when I woke up later that evening, the opening was in the back.

My range is 2.5-4, and I adjust for anything under 2.5 because I'm prone to TIAs.

I was young and healthy and didn't qualify for rehab. I could have gone to the lowest level, but it was easier to just do it on my own. I never filled my pain prescription once I got home and didn't really have much pain in the hospital after the first 35 hours. They'll give you a stool softener...

My brother received his mechanical aortic in 1993. I received my mechanical mitral in 1998. We're both still here. This article is very short on details.

Antibiotics have never affected my INR. I wouldn't change a thing.