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My son (now 16) had his surgery a year ago today. He had a few set backs in the hospital and we left to go back home 3 weeks later absolutely terrified and traumatised as his Anti Coagulation team had made us feel like he was a ‘ticking time bomb’ his life as we knew it was over and we had to...

Hiya Just wondering the general consensus on the need for the injections if you drop below your range temporarily. It seems there is different takes on this and I was wondering what the lived experience is of this from those on here. This isn’t about bridging for a procedure, just if you test...

My son is 15 and had his surgery for mechanical valve 6 months ago and is on warfarin. This whole time he has been asking his cardiologist when he can play football. Initially pre op he was told 6 weeks……. Obviously this was ridiculous and I’ve no idea why he was told that in the first place...

Hiya Just after some opinions regarding my sons INR. He’s been on warfarin for 4 months now and he seems quite steady. His range is 2-3. They adjusted him to 6.5 mg and since then he’s sat at between 3 and 3.3 for about 3 weeks. So he’s had 3 readings out of range in that time, even though...

My son has been on warfarin for about 8 weeks now. He is going away on Wednesday for 2 nights on a school geography trip. I asked the team last week if we could test the day before he leaves so I could send him with the right dose and then test again when he’s back - assuming he’s in range...

Hiya - my son who is 15 had a ONX mechanical valve fitted nearly 6 weeks ago. We are in the UK. He is recovering well from surgery. I was given a warfarin ‘counselling’ session before we left the hospital. Thankfully my son was not present because it has absolutely terrified me. I left feeling...