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A few weeks ago, not sure that I'll be able to get strips before I ran out of my few remaining strips, I did something I really didn't want to do -- asked my cardiologist to write a prescription for a testing service. I didn't (and still don't) like that these clinics charge Medicare or...

I started self testing and self managing in 2009 - probably the dark ages for both. I was able to get a Protime meter on eBay, and a doctor friend ordered strips for me (they apparently needed a prescription or had to be ordered by a doctor). I don't recall knowing about - or looking into - the...

I've been using Tracfone for a few years - it uses the Verizon network. The service has been good - I can't remember calls failing. I am now paying $20 a month for unlimited calls and text and 2 GB of data that rolls over each month. I found a deal on HSN for a Blu (that's the brand name)...

We've probably gone through some of this before, but probably not looking for an answer to this question: The United States Food and Drug Administration, in its infinite wisdom, decided that you can't get an INR tester (CoaguChek XS or Coag-Sense, or probably supplies) without a prescription...

I don't know if the site administrator will allow this thread or not, but here I go: eBay apparently stopped listing things related to the XS -- strips or meters. This leaves a lot of us who got these supplies on eBay scrambling for other sources. I've seen a few mentioned in other threads...

I just went to eBay, entered a search for XS, and the only XS meters were a pair of XS Plus (I guess the filter didn't catch them), parts for the XS, and Coag-Sense meters and strips. I'm hoping that I'm the only person who found that XS stuff was missing - but it sure looks like eBay doesn't...

I just went to the Roche site. I'm thinking about having my PCP order an InRange and regular supply of strips. The front page of the site showed the InRange - apparently the meter that they're pushing. A small line at the right of the page listed the XS. It may still be available, but they're...

I learned a while ago that my arrhythmias seemed to come about when my sodium intake was low. I cook for my family, and my wife doesn't like using a lot of salt. I was plagued with arrhythmias (and had two ablations to stop them), but they persisted -- until I started eating more salt - a hot...

I'm not sure where this fits, but I assume that anticoagulation is probably as good a place as any to put it (and it IS related to anticoagulation). I had a small procedure (leg vein ablation) in mid-December - almost three weeks ago. The scheduler said nothing about discontinuing warfarin...

A few days ago, I had a leg vein ablation that my cardiologist has been pushing me to do for a few years. It was supposed to reduce the pressure in my legs and improve my blood pressure by reducing the pressure in the useless veins in my legs. It was a 'simple' procedure, and seemed to go well...

I'm not sure WHICH subforum to post this to, so I'm putting it here because it is probably closely related to TIAs. I get migraine auras, as do many of us here. Over the years, I've had episodes of temporary blindness in one eye that clears up after a minute or two - the first time, it...

We may have covered this in another area, but I'm too lazy to look for it. My ejection fraction is 30% (maybe less?), and I'm curious about the limitations this would have on me. I'm doing as much as I can, but still running out of breath pretty quickly. I'm not entirely sure if this means...

We've had so many threads twisting and turning in all manner of directions that I'm putting one here with no specific topic so we can ALL go Off Topic Here's one item, and I don't actually expect any response that really applies to it: I've been home testing since 2009. My INR has recenty...

On Monday, 9/11, at about 4:30 AM, I had a TIA. The left side of my tongue tingled, my lips tingled (kind of like novacaine wearing off), some of my left cheek tingled, and I had some tingling in my left thumb and the outer side of my left pinky. I had an ambulance take me to the hospital. The...

I'm scheduled for implantation of a CTR-D device. It's an 'upgrade' from my current pacemaker, and adds control of both ventricles and a defibrillator. I'm looking for any of you who have these devices and would like to share your experience with them. Thanks in advance.

This is a bit of a warning to those of you who are planning to start self testing and looking at eBay as your source for a meter. I've bought meters and strips on eBay and have had no problems. I wouldn't hesitate to use eBay again for testing equipment or supplies. This is a warning: It looks...

In previous posts that asked about bridging, I took the position that if the bridging was done so you wouldn't have a clot form on your valve in the three days between a procedure and full anticoagulation, you really didn't need to bridge. OTOH -- if there's a risk of clot formation after a...

I used to be a very strong advocate for the Coag-Sense meter ---- but not anymore. Over the past two or three years my results have consistently been lower than the Coaguchek -- by as much as 1.2 points. Today, I took a test as a somewhat final check to compare results to the Coaguchek and had...

I'm not sure where this threads should go, so I'm putting it here, A lot has been written about self monitoring. mostly with watches, but there is a new game in town -- the Oura ring. It packs a lot of sensors into the inside of a ring and seems very interesting. It's expensive --- $300 --...

I'm faced with a bit of a dilemma. My cardiologist seems to think that I need to be 'handled' and not actually told what's going on with my heart. No, I'm not crazy. Somewhere along the line, he decided that I'm one of the patients who should be told that 'everything is okay' -- even when it...