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Thanks for the update, Seaton. Should you wish to monitor a bit more frequently for the reasons @Protimenow says, there is nothing to stop you from getting your CoaguChek now and starting to do your own testing. As this would be additional to the clinic's it would not lead to any negative...

Can i just check we are taking about the same kind of insurance? Travel insurance is for unexpected medical situations, like being taken ill, or having an accident. The travel insurers I have dealt with (which admittedly is not many) would not cover the need for routine medical supplies or...

Welcome to Warfarin World, Seaton! St Thomas' Hospital is on the bank of the River Thames directly opposite the Houses of Parliament, and was where my mother had her heart surgery some years ago. Her ward was on the 4th floor (I think) riverside, and her bed was next to the huge windows with a...

I use All Clear Travel Insurance. There is an online questionnaire way of providing your medical conditions, or you can speak quite easily to a human! How about that! I've never had to make a claim, but they have a TrustPilot rating of 4.8/5, based on 135,000 reviews, so seem reputable.

Sorry to hear about the complications, but glad you got away and enjoyed the holiday. Yes, even though I continue to eat leafy greens whilst on my holidays, the increased alcohol consumption affects my INR too! So useful to be able to check our INR ourselves. Good point re sunbathing - I was...

I realise this is an old thread, but just for the benefit of any Brits reading it now: the E111 European health card was replaced with the GHIC - Global Health Insurance - card. It provides for "reciprocal health care" - but if a local has to pay for a treatment then so do we. It is not a...

@PhillyJohn As we're now in April, I wonder if you did travel in February, and if so how did everything go? I suspect all was fine, but others might find your experience useful. Best wishes

Just back from a two-week holiday/vacation in the sun (much needed after the long, grey days and rain of an English winter!), and just wanted to post about the freedom of self-testing having your own meter gives you. The change of diet and increase in alcohol consumption (cocktails by the pool...

Sorry to hear that, but glad things weren't too bad. Why were the bed's brakes off? When I was in hospital I am pretty sure they usually applied them.

Wow, that's amazing that you are out of intensive care so quickly! Well done. It bodes well for your recovery.

As you know, I regularly post this document, where our "National Institute of Clinical Excellence" recommends self-testing with a CoaguChek XS machine, and there's also this document I found, from a regional health authority. I am sure I could find others, too, but suspect some from other...

How appropriate: an improved heart on Valentine's Day!

Well most of the rest of the world manages it without requiring a prescription, so I am sure there is a way it could be done in America...

You say "life expectancy changes after replacement" - replaced with what? Mechanical = longer, bio = shorter?

Ahhhhh!

I have been on insulin since 1996 and on warfarin since 2014, and I have to say I haven't noticed a connection between blood glucose and INR.

I agree with all that you say. My point was simply that if people have been buying newer models there may be fewer XS machines on the second hand market.

In the UK only the CoaguChek range is approved and supported by our NHS

Here in the UK we do not need a prescription for a meter, and in Europe as a whole, self testing is encouraged. We used to be able to buy directly from Roche, but now have to use an authorised distributor Also, a reminder that the XS is now quite an old meter, and has been superseded by the...

I agree you are a competent tester, Eva, and think the licencing arrangements in the US are the biggest reason for their unhelpful response - they may well have a regulatory problem if they are seen to help a user of their products not going through the "normal" US procedures.