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  1. Jeff Lebowski

    food poisoning and INR

    There is a difference of 2.7 between your own and laboratory measurements over two days. Even if you didn't take Warfarin on Monday, don't you think this difference is abnormal? Could your inr meter have measured incorrectly?
  2. Jeff Lebowski

    Warfarin Protocol Initiated!

    My warfarin dose changes are not included in the table I prepared (but it is a good idea, I will add it to the table). However, I have already mentioned my warfarin dose changes in my post. Best regards
  3. Jeff Lebowski

    Warfarin Protocol Initiated!

    Chuck, thank you very much. It turns out I was worrying unnecessarily.
  4. Jeff Lebowski

    Warfarin Protocol Initiated!

    My inr value losing altitude :) On 27 March, after my aortic valve replacement surgery, my inr value gradually increased during the one-week hospital stay and reached the ideal value of 2.17 on 4 April. On 9 April, my inr value was measured as 2.12, I was taking 5 mg Warfarin daily during this...
  5. Jeff Lebowski

    Blood pressure home testing

    Chuck, As far as I understand, since you are very experienced in INR monitoring, you can bring the INR value to the desired level by adjusting the dose of warfarin. I think I have a long way to go to reach your level of experience. However, all of the health institutions I researched on the...
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    Blood pressure home testing

    this is the answer which ı looking for thank you. Obviously I have a bit of an obsessive personality, so I was looking for the answer to this question, if I forget to take a dose of warfarin for some reason, does this mean an irreversible mistake for me? Of course, we should take our medication...
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    Blood pressure home testing

    this one
  8. Jeff Lebowski

    Blood pressure home testing

    Hello Chuck The doctor who performed my surgery, when ı was see him routine check after 2 weeks operation told me to do my INR tests monthly and send it to him. In short, my test result today is the value two weeks later. By the way today ı finally clearly realised that I had taken the...
  9. Jeff Lebowski

    Blood pressure home testing

    Greetings I would like to share with you an interesting situation I experienced yesterday evening. Yesterday evening I became extremely stressed because I was not sure whether I had swallowed my daily 5 mg warfarin pill. Obviously, I am a little inexperienced as I have just started using...
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    Blood pressure home testing

    Heart Chamber (Max/Min Pressure in mmHg) Left ventricle (120/15) Right ventricle (25/5) Right atria (mean 4 to 5) Pulmonary arteries/left atria (25/10) Aorta (120/80)
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    Surgery this Wednesday

    20 days after open heart surgery, I continue to walk, although I climb 160 metres uphill, my average heart rate is 108 bpm.
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    Surgery this Wednesday

    The sound of life :)
  13. Jeff Lebowski

    Surgery this Wednesday

    Hello again, In how many weeks does ecchymosis due to coumadn use heal in the angioplasty area?
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    Surgery this Wednesday

    hi Tom I just want to spend my rehabilitation process in Izmir, the city where I live. Flight time is approximately 1 hour.
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