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I just noticed that the Coaguchek XS meter I bought last year has the date format "wrong". Or at least such that it confuses the hell out of me. Instead of USA month/day/year (MM/DD/YY) it is in format of day/month/year (DD/MM/YY) which I think is for Europe/UK??? I'm not sure if it somehow...

OK this is weird regarding my INR. Doesn't make much sense to me although I have a guess that might explain it.. Last Saturday June 8th I went out with some relatives to a "world famous" smorgasbord place in Pennsylvania Dutch country (a little east of Lancaster, PA), about 45 mins from here...

I have a Coaguchek XS. I have an On-x aoritic valve. Although On-x got approval for range of 1.5 to 2.0 I've tried to maintain a 2.0 to 2.5 range for wiggle room and don't sweat minor peaks & valleys below/above 2.0 to 2.5. Have been fairly constant INR on either 45 or 46 mg warfarin...

Am curious if anyone else has these post-surgey, especially if on warfarin. Looks kind of like this: I started getting red dots on my shins both legs a few weeks after heart attack/emergency OHS/double bypass/AVR and going on warfarin. The # of the dots has grown & grown over time (been...

I am on warfarin for my mechanical aortic valve. Have been for about 5 years. I test using a home meter about once a week (although that may be changing since Roche sold its business to Biotel Heart & I have had problems with them which make me believe I will have to drop them, but I digress)...

My Drs want me to start taking this drug for high LDL (tried but I am unable to tolerate statins). I'm hesitant to try this drug for several reasons including many commonly reported adverse effects at the link below: Repatha User Reviews for High Cholesterol at Drugs.com Is anyone here taking...

My medical history is in 2014 I had major heart attack, emergency open heart surgery, double bypass, AVR replacement (mechanical On-X), + last Fall my prior cardiologist detected a blockage in routine nuclear stress test, did a cardiac cath, & put a stent in to open another artery. I got a new...

I just switched from one (Godawful) testing provider where I was using a Coaguchek XS to another provider (Roche) using the same device. I returned my old Coagucheck XS to the first provider and now have another one from Roche. However Roche also sent me a flyer for a "limited time offer"...

OK, this is probably a stupid question but I have a good reason for asking. What exactly does the chip do? Can you use a chip with one code with strips of another code? If the chip is only for checking an expiration date to prevent patients using expired strips then I don't see why I can't...

Haven't been here in a while. Hope you all are well. I'm back here today because I had to cancel my home self-testing service and am now looking for other options. I had been using a company called Remote Cardiac Services (RCS) but as I understand it they got swallowed up by "Lincare" at some...

Am wondering if anyone knows what this is all about. Supposedly my monitoring service (RCS) is going to send me some type of device by "Roche" instead of the Alere InRatio2 that I have been using the past 2 years since Alere is withdrawing the InRatio2 and getting out of the INR device testing...

I think I read somewhere that things like having the flu can affect your INR - yes/no? I ask because I am getting sick now, have a killer sore throat today, feel like crap, and am wondering about what to expect. I am testing my INR next time next Tuesday as my scheduled day (which is my next...

I cut my chin shaving this morning. Was blessed (or cursed depending on your perspective) with a Kirk Douglas dimpled chin that can be a bear trying to shave in there. And this morning I stupidly changed the angle I was shaving at trying to get at some stubble in the dimple and ended up nicking...

I've been back to work almost 2 months now. I have a horrible, physically taxing, and very stressful job, where I am on my feet mostly the entire time. Prior to going back to work, post surgery any leg/ankle/etc swelling had completely gone away. In fact I had posted that curiously I noticed...

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...

After months of trying to get one (very very long stories) I now finally have a home testing unit (INRatio2). Some things have come up that have me confused regarding home monitoring. (1) I thought one of the main points of home testing was to enable more frequent testing (weekly) with less...

Anyone have experience with this post-surgery and have clues as to what it might be? Starting about 3 weeks ago (roughly 3 months post-CABG & AVR) when I lie down flat on my back I feel dizzy, like either the room, the bed, or me, is moving, even though nothing actually is. At the same time I...

I have a question about Coumadin dosing. I was at 5mg a day but my INRs were too low (less than 2.0). The target range for my On-X valve is 2.0 to 3.0 btw. The current doctor office managing my INR is having me take an extra 2.5mg a week but doing so all in one day per week by taking 7.5mg...

I'm getting conflicting advice, and reading conflicting information now as I research this on the 'net, regarding whether it is bad vs. OK to split Coumadin tablets in order to get a "half-dose". I am on 5mg daily but while post-op early on (while still in the surgeon's care) was told to up...

I was told that I was having some "PVCs" while being monitored in cardiac rehab today. They basically told me not to worry about it and they'd keep an eye on it next session. But I've noticed later in the day (and right now even while typing this) my heart feels "weird", kind of like...