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Hi Amy well firstly I'd raise this to the attention of your GP and cardiologist, especially mentioning the feeling light headed. It may be also AFib ... good thing you're already on warfarin. if it was me I'd try that ... if the pills are 50mg then I'd begin with taking half of one (I mean I...

quick question Chuck ... as "cuts" were mentioned I would wonder if you get many of those. I only did martial arts like Aikido where cuts were pretty unheard of. Is it common someone will get an eyebrow opened up in sparring? I'd guess that's more a 'compeition' area.

Good morning Tom thanks for answering my question

Good morning Mary I haven't experienced that but, to the best of my knowledge, it is neither caused by or exacerbated by warfarin. I hope that @vitdoc may be able to share more on this. Best Wishes

Agreed Ironically diabetics get test strips and meters supplied in Australia, but we don't. So I've been out of pocket since I started (2012). I hasten to add that it's cheaper than even parking trying to get a free blood test (and I'd happily pay to avoid the cumulative vein injuries anyway)

the invisible ones are the worst ...

I'm unsurprised: 1 it took how long before one guy outs this? 2 people only look for specific things and ignore the others https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2013/02/11/171409656/why-even-radiologists-can-miss-a-gorilla-hiding-in-plain-sight About three years ago, Drew started...

but its why I added more to suggest that its like nearly 'never' ... non zero but its my view that you'd need to sample a thousand general practitioners to find one or two who are adroit at it. From a scientific viewpoint that's as near none as is practicable.

sounds pretty good to me I suggest you read this (and also the associated article) about what you do and why. https://cjeastwd.blogspot.com/2017/12/perioperative-management-of-inr.html (associated article here) As I say in my blog post that article points out: The authors argue that for...

to be clear here I've also argued that you may not need to bridge but it has some strict dependencies: your ability to measure and know your INR what your actual known risk factors are (such as have you had a stroke) permission of your team I have even written quite extensively about this...

Bupa Global certainly didn't and I just paid out of pocket ... but to be real here it was less than a burger, fries and a soft drink for 100 tablets of 5mg

can you show me where On-X (or any modern bileaflet mechanical valve maker) says you don't need to bridge? @nobog are you aware of any such things? (perhaps you aren't)

Depends on the person.

bloody hell mate, that's all difficult I suspect they are (with the beats being causal to the headache) I hope this gets under control soon. Best Wishes

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