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The best to you for today’s surgery. And onwards to a good and steady recovery. Will be looking out for your updates.

Welcome home! Sending good healing thoughts your way and the best for the recovery days and weeks ahead.

Clinic blood draw today (Tuesday): INR now 1.3 A drop from last Thursday's 1.4 New dosage schedule given: 9mg tonight 9mg tomorrow 7mg Thursday Clinic INR test Friday When the clinic called with my new INR figure at midday, they asked me to go back again in the afternoon to have a heparin...

Super news, Tom. Long may it continue. All the best to you going forward. ☀️

Sound advice and one I have been following behind the scenes in preparation for getting my own CoaguChek® INRange soon. Pell’s been very helpful. As have you all. Yes, that’s my concern. I may contact them again tomorrow to discuss, especially considering I’m on no other anticoagulant at...

Yes. That’s what I thought... but also half expected, considering how things have gone so far. Have a self-testing interview with the clinic next Thursday. The clinic said don’t buy an INR meter until you’ve had this interview. Tempted to just buy the meter anyway rather than wait for their...

Clinic blood draw today (Thursday) – INR now 1.4 New dosage schedule given: 6mg tonight 7mg Friday, Saturday, Sunday 6mg Monday Clinic INR test Tuesday

From 8 today, they are actually dropping me to 6 for the next two days. But your suggestion of 7mg daily going forward and testing Thursday and again on Monday seems reasonable. I will do as they say for now and confer with them on Thursday. Keen to get back in range. *Am booked for an initial...

INR back down to 1.3 today. Blood taken this morning. Call from clinic this afternoon with INR result. They've upped tonight's (Monday's) dose to 8mg. Told to take 6mg Tuesday/Wednesday. Back in the clinic for bood draw/INR check Thursday. And so it goes.

Great advice, Protime. Thank you! Interesting stuff. Will be great to have more control over this whole process.

Thanks Martin! Am hoping it pushes up a bit more and stabilises. I'll soon find out where I am on Monday. Yes, was told I could get those supplied on prescription if I'm self-testing through the clinic. Hoping for a self-test interview soon to get things going. All the best to you.

Congratualtions on your half year recovery, HH! Both thumbs up to you. 😎 Hearing that you're back on your Peloton and road bike and pushing near same levels as pre surgery, is impressive and inspiring. Long may it continue. Sending good health thoughts and best to you going forward.

Thanks Andy! Really kind offer. I may take you up on that*. The coffees (or whatever your poison is) will be on me. 😎 *Will try to organise buying a meter soon. Cheers for the feedback. 👍🏻

Good points. I was wondering about this after they'd called to give me my new dosage going forward. I will bring this up at my next session (Monday) and see what they say. Cheers for the feedback, Protime.

Thanks @tommyboy14. Yes, looking forward to eventually self-testing and lessening the clinic visits and venous draws. I've requested a meeting with their self-testing department.

Another quick update (I won't keep updating. It's just to show the initial dosages-INR progression): An INR of 2 today at the clinic. Advised to take 5mg today, Thursday and Friday (and each weekday going forward - unless adjustment needed next week). And 6mg on a Saturday and Sunday. Back...

Quick update (for the record): Had my first INR venous blood draw this morning (Monday) since starting a daily 7mg warfarin dose last Friday evening. Consultant pharmacist called a few hours later to say my INR was 1.3. Told to increase tonight’s dose to 8mg and same dose tomorrow and return...

Further to this: My introduction to warfarin has begun. Received 3 different pill sizes: 1mg, 3mg and 5mg yesterday.. Each is a different colour. I’m to take an initial 7mg each evening going forward. Have now stopped Clopidogrel. Bisoprolol continues. I prepped three days’ worth of pills into...

Long may it continue! 😊

Thankfully, I have it written in my post-op general notes of the need for a periprocedural antibiotic for dental work (although not a specific antibiotic letter. I must organise one): I’ve always got amoxicillin from my GP for dental work once I quote my cardiologist’s recommendation. There’s...