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t in yvr i am selftesting on a coaguchekxs and live in maple ridge would love to chat about self testing in the vancouver area. I go through london drugs anti coagulation program.. do you? who monitors your inr checks your family Dr. or cardiologist at St Pauls?

I am coming up to 4 years post op AVR and lately in the last month I've noticed a quick sharp pain on the left side of my chest comes and goes,,no classic signs of heart attack ie: shortness of breath , sweating,etc..been to the GP and he doesn't know, any suggestions??I am active, walking 2...

I'm on 50 mg atenolol for 3 years and haven't noticed any side effects

has anyone tried dark chocolate for high blood pressure??does it work?

has anyone dropped their coaguchek meter and had anything change in the reading, I dropped mine it didnt break ... ,, in the middle of the night I woke up thinking I hope I didnt jiggle something internally.... it works fine I did a reading right after... just a thought

thanks everyone really good advice...I will save all my receipts for income tax..I've been using a diary, writing down everything,

thanks good advice boy they sure getcha one way or another

so far the Inr testers and strips are not covered on my health insurance, but I think as of 2012 they are tax deductible...it does not cost me to go to the lab and have my Inr tested , I have chosen to try and self manage my inr and dosing as an act of liberation. It seems to me that especially...

great advice, i will be self testing and self dosing on coaguchek xs machine, the strips cost 50.00 for 6, I plan to check every week, I made an error in calculating how much it would cost..

well after a few months of back and forth with Dr.s ,I'm am now cleared to do my own self dosing...I feel somewhat liberated as I dont have to go to the lab every week/month..So I'm going to try for a year and see how I feel about it...and how my pocketbook feels about it..It's probably going to...

Bina , do you order directly from Roche or from the pharmacy?? I was told the smallest container I could order from my pharmacy was 24..i like the idea of 4 tubes of 6....

Hi I was told yesterday that once you open a canister of strips, that they expire in 3 months from the date of opening...so if that's true then why would one buy 24 strips for 200.00 only to have them expire in 3 months. so my question is ...Would you use up that many strips in 3 months???? I...

hi tony I had my surgery at VGH in 2009, My surgeon has since moved to Kelowna to head up the surgery dept..... so I do not have any recommendations, however.I think both hospitals StPauls and VGH are phenomenal for heart surgery. my cardiologist recommended my surgeon ,and I just took his...

Bina do you manage your own warfarin?? I'm in Vancouver and I am in the process of trying to get them to let me do my own managing ...they're a little backwards thinking here I think ...

does it include on-x valves from 2009??I had my surgery in dec 2009