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Amy
Hi all,
Finally got Pat's new machine last week end. Only took a year and a half and two different insurance companies, well one really, first was BCBS of LA who denied the claim and then we ended up with BCBS of IL. and they came through.
We did find out something interesting though concerning the reading variances when the lady was here to demo the unit. She stated and it is stated in the booklet that it is only designed to use capillary whole blood and not blood from a lab draw. At any rate, we tested at the same lab we've been using since surgery and approx. two hrs. later tested with the INRatio. Lab was 2.5, INRatio 2.7, well within limits for me. We will continue to check both at the same time for the next couple months and record the readings so we can get comfortable with it. I'll report on the readings as we get them.
It is sooo good to finally have our own machine and won't have to depend on being close the the hospital for testing.
Dave, the husband
Amy (Pat) the patient
Finally got Pat's new machine last week end. Only took a year and a half and two different insurance companies, well one really, first was BCBS of LA who denied the claim and then we ended up with BCBS of IL. and they came through.
We did find out something interesting though concerning the reading variances when the lady was here to demo the unit. She stated and it is stated in the booklet that it is only designed to use capillary whole blood and not blood from a lab draw. At any rate, we tested at the same lab we've been using since surgery and approx. two hrs. later tested with the INRatio. Lab was 2.5, INRatio 2.7, well within limits for me. We will continue to check both at the same time for the next couple months and record the readings so we can get comfortable with it. I'll report on the readings as we get them.
It is sooo good to finally have our own machine and won't have to depend on being close the the hospital for testing.
Dave, the husband
Amy (Pat) the patient