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I had my surgery (St. Jude implant) on August 21 1991. Six weeks later, I was back at work as a reporter, flying from L.A. to San Jose (California, not Puerto Rico). I had no problems with compression, decompression, etc. I didn't even really think about it.

Reliastaon has the InRange for $549 with no strips. They also sell the meter with 24 or 48 strips. If you're a first time buyer, you get 10% off your first purchase. If you have the money, you might consider using the discount for meter and strips -- I am NOT affiliated with Reliaston. I just...

CoaguChek XS strips will be available for a LONG time. There are way too many meters out there - not just self-testers, but clinics, doctor's offices, etc. - for them to discontinue the strips without a LOT of advance notice. I don' t know if the 'new' strips will somehow have a code (or...

IIRC, in 1991 when I got my St. Jude valve in the aortic position, I did bank a liter of blood pre-op.

The push to an expensive and cumbersome system seems to caused by Roche - the manufacturer of the InRange and CoaguChek meters. They don't sell directly to consumers, requiring that they use a service to get their meters. It makes the services a LOT of money. Perhaps Roche wants to avoid...

I usually change my dose by .5 at a time. This usually works for me....I don't mind going slightly below 4.0 - I can adjust to bring it down. What I DO mind is somehow going below 2.0. Small dosage adjustments have worked well for me.

There was a time when doctors wouldn't even prescribe a meter for 3 (or is it 6) months after surgery. This is for the reasons listed above -- your dosage won't be stable until your body heals a bit more. FWIS - diet may not be as important as it was once thought to be.

I was referred to a service that apparently only charges $90 a month, including rental, reporting to the prescribing doctor and, I think 4 or 6 strips a month. If you need more strips, they charge a very high $50 for 6. I can get 48 for abouat $225. $1000 for a meter is WAY TOO HIGH. I own my...

I did the same thing that Pellicle describes: When I was required to go to a 'coumadin clinic' about 12 years ago, I had already been self testing and self managing for about three years. I answered the usual questions about change in diet and other stuff that my affect my INR, then they used...

I second Pellicle's post: 'Dopes.' These guys clearly don't have a clue. My advice: go somewhere else. Even better, get your own meter ASAP, and start self-testing. There are folks here (Pellicle in particular) who can help you navigate your dosing. You might have to find a doctor who can...

When my old HMO REQUIRED me to go to an anticoagulation clinic, I had some long arguments with this idiot pharmacist about my dosing, and that I'd been self managing for years and didn't need him. I finally agreed to go to the 'clinic,' where he tried to dictate my dosage - WITHOUT KNOWING, OR...

It's good that they changed your dose - but it's still kind of weird how they're managing it. When you retest on Thursday, will they be seeing the results of the 8 mg you take today? If so, why are you dropping to 7? Switching doses each day will make your results change from day to day. Maybe...

I actually tested a few years ago, following doses and meters. I did some testing with daily missed doses, and with dosing day after day. I had a few - including some fairly recent - tests when my INR was below 2.0 -- testing daily to determine the effects of daily dosing. I also did more...

That may not actually be the paper I remembered. I searched for an earlier message that I sent, and maybe grabbed the wrong paper. I have to keep looking for it -- the paper I remember had specific charts showing the risk of clots by the number of days a person was off warfarin, It was...

No. It looked at the morbidity of patients who didn't comply with dosage guidelines (of course, they couldn't design the study if it put patient lives at risk), and who missed doses for a certain number of days. I'm pretty sure that this was done on human subjects who were hospitalized or went...

I found my reference to the paper - years ago - and it's no longer online. Here's the message that I sent (slightly out of context) at the time: "Yes, you should certainly discuss this with your cardiologist or anticoagulation clinic. I don't know if the fact that you're having a procedure...

Agreed. I posted the link (I think) years ago. I've been looking for it, but I'm comfortable with my memory of the report's conclusion.

I wish I did. I saw it a long time ago, and haven't been able to find it since. It was the Duke Clinic that put it out. I don't know which journal published it. I try to find it occasionally. There's possibly an early reference to in in a really old posting by me. I haven't looked through...

As many of you know, I've somehow wound up with a few meters - two or three (I think) XS and an XS Pro. When I compare the results, they are always within .1 of each other. Even a meter that my doctor said a patient left in the lab 'because it was too inaccurate' gave a good test result. As...

Chuck: I was just quoting the information that I have about warfarin half life. I haven't checked my INR after intentionally skipping a dose. I know that in the past, my INR dropped after eating romaine lettuce - far lower than I'd expected - especially after the effects of green, leafy...