slipkid
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It has only been recently that my INR has tested over 2.0 for two consecutive weeks (seems to be 2.5 according to home unit). Prior to that I had been mostly around 1.7-1.8.
In addition, I had a catscan last week, and my arm is a bruised bloody mess under the IV injection site, the worst I have ever had in my life. So I think my INR is truly about where it should be, that is high enough to have an effect on my blood clotting, whereas around 1.8 it wasn't doing this. The IV site is pretty disgusting looking but kind of comforting at the same time.
However I just noticed something weird on my legs. Many tiny red dots near the surface of the skin. Is this something like the capillaries bleeding there? And if so is that normal/OK?
Btw, the only reason I even noticed this is because last night I got shocked by electricity going up my right leg (the leg that already has nerve damage in it because of a vein being harvested for my CABG). We had violent thunderstorms here and I was in my finished basement, working on the PC, had left leg up off the ground but my right leg was on the carpet (which is on top of bare concrete). All of a sudden there was a huge "BANG!" in the room, my right leg felt like I had been shot (it was an electric shock). My leg continues to feel weird (constant soreness and tightness that was not there b4). Point relating to the red marks though, is that because of this I examined my leg closely and noticed many small red dots, never noticed them b4, at first I thought maybe something had happened to do to with the lightning strike but I then also noticed them on my left leg as well. They are not hives (much much smaller). Could they have something to do with warfarin/elevated INR?
My leg was not the only casualty of the lightning either. The keyboard on this PC I am typing on now had the lights turned on and was completely locked. The mouse on my other PC which was also on locked up. (Both of those problems were restored by rebooting). My stereo which had been playing "went crazy" with a loud hum (thankfully after turning it off it seems to be OK). A dimmer in my Living Room (one floor up) is fried and is stuck now as always on full blast (I turned off the circuit breaker and took that bad unit out). In that same room the power adapter for my TV cable "digital adapter" is now fried and I cannot turn that box on. And upstairs in my bedroom a DVD player now will no longer turn on. Crazy! Have lived here 20 years and never had anything like this happen.
In addition, I had a catscan last week, and my arm is a bruised bloody mess under the IV injection site, the worst I have ever had in my life. So I think my INR is truly about where it should be, that is high enough to have an effect on my blood clotting, whereas around 1.8 it wasn't doing this. The IV site is pretty disgusting looking but kind of comforting at the same time.
However I just noticed something weird on my legs. Many tiny red dots near the surface of the skin. Is this something like the capillaries bleeding there? And if so is that normal/OK?
Btw, the only reason I even noticed this is because last night I got shocked by electricity going up my right leg (the leg that already has nerve damage in it because of a vein being harvested for my CABG). We had violent thunderstorms here and I was in my finished basement, working on the PC, had left leg up off the ground but my right leg was on the carpet (which is on top of bare concrete). All of a sudden there was a huge "BANG!" in the room, my right leg felt like I had been shot (it was an electric shock). My leg continues to feel weird (constant soreness and tightness that was not there b4). Point relating to the red marks though, is that because of this I examined my leg closely and noticed many small red dots, never noticed them b4, at first I thought maybe something had happened to do to with the lightning strike but I then also noticed them on my left leg as well. They are not hives (much much smaller). Could they have something to do with warfarin/elevated INR?
My leg was not the only casualty of the lightning either. The keyboard on this PC I am typing on now had the lights turned on and was completely locked. The mouse on my other PC which was also on locked up. (Both of those problems were restored by rebooting). My stereo which had been playing "went crazy" with a loud hum (thankfully after turning it off it seems to be OK). A dimmer in my Living Room (one floor up) is fried and is stuck now as always on full blast (I turned off the circuit breaker and took that bad unit out). In that same room the power adapter for my TV cable "digital adapter" is now fried and I cannot turn that box on. And upstairs in my bedroom a DVD player now will no longer turn on. Crazy! Have lived here 20 years and never had anything like this happen.
