katiewintle
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You may have read my post titled "Nightmare of a week"
Well here is an update:
Since going for my blood test a week last Friday which came out at 4.5, I have still been having fun and games with my 2 extractions
Friday 28th January, INR was 4.5, reduced dosage to 8mg Tues, Wed, Fri, Sat and Sun and 9mg Mon and Thurs.
Saturday 29th January, bled a little bit from left hole (the one that had stitched in), but it soon clotted. Managed to go out in the evening with family and have a chinese, I just ate noodles and ice-cream.
Sunday 30th January, went to church then went food shopping. Got home and put a pasta bake in the oven and about 10 minutes before I was about to dish up my right hole started bleeding again, it bled for about 3 hours, did go to a & e, but as soon as I got there it had clotted, typical!
Monday 31st January went back to work no problems
Tuesday 1st Feb still no problems
Wednesday 2nd Feb, no problems all day until 5pm when my right hole started bleeding again. Went to in-laws for dinner but couldnt eat or drink anything as was still bleeding. Bled throughout the night off and on
Thursday 3rd Feb, during the morning I was still bleeding up to 8.15am. Had to go back to the dentist on the morning just to get it checked. They did say it had clotted, but because I was bleading it was my INR that was causing it to bleed. The also snipped one of my stitches that was dangling down on my left hole as it was annoying me a bit. Went back to work and during the afternoon my left gum by my hole felt sore and looked grey. Got home from work and checked it out again and part of the gum had filled with blood as was a tad uncomfortable cause of the pressure.
Friday 4th Feb, back again to the dentist and he said I had a hematoma on my gum, I wasnt to mess with it and to start a course of antiobotics. Back to work for a couple of hours then back out again to have my INR checked which came out at 5. Told to miss tonights dose then start on 7mg and 8mg alternate days. Went 2 to chemists to get my antiobotics and they didnt have them in stock, so went to asda got them there. Back at work and my hematoma started bleeding, eventually stopped after an hour and was sent home from work. It started bleeding again at 6pm, quite alot of blood. Back up a & e at 11pm, didnt get seen until 3am, sent home with lots of gauze and was told to keep pressure on. Doctor was a bit of a muppet, said my INR range should be 2.5 to 3.5 and I should clot in 10 minutes, he was so wrong!
Saturday 5th Feb, no sleep, still bleeding all day, havnt eaten or drunk much for well over 24 hours. Come 5.30pm, managed to get into see the doctor at the out of hours clinic. Whilst in the waiting room, I felt my hematoma burst and there was quite a bit of blood. Got referred onto a & e again where I got seen very quickly. One of the on-call dental surgeons came, cleaned out my hematoma and packed it with surgicel, instantly stopped bleeding. Had my INR checked and it had come down to 3.9, was told to miss dose and start warfarin again on Sunday evening at 7mg and go and get my INR checked again on Monday.
Today, feeling much better, mouth still uncomfortable cause of the packing they did and it has now clotted, no more blood. Very tired and worn out still. Spent most of the day in bed, resting and on laptop. Hope tomorrow's INR goes well and going back to dentist on the 18th for a checkup.
Thank you everyone for your prayers and good thoughts
God bless
Katie
Well here is an update:
Since going for my blood test a week last Friday which came out at 4.5, I have still been having fun and games with my 2 extractions
Friday 28th January, INR was 4.5, reduced dosage to 8mg Tues, Wed, Fri, Sat and Sun and 9mg Mon and Thurs.
Saturday 29th January, bled a little bit from left hole (the one that had stitched in), but it soon clotted. Managed to go out in the evening with family and have a chinese, I just ate noodles and ice-cream.
Sunday 30th January, went to church then went food shopping. Got home and put a pasta bake in the oven and about 10 minutes before I was about to dish up my right hole started bleeding again, it bled for about 3 hours, did go to a & e, but as soon as I got there it had clotted, typical!
Monday 31st January went back to work no problems
Tuesday 1st Feb still no problems
Wednesday 2nd Feb, no problems all day until 5pm when my right hole started bleeding again. Went to in-laws for dinner but couldnt eat or drink anything as was still bleeding. Bled throughout the night off and on
Thursday 3rd Feb, during the morning I was still bleeding up to 8.15am. Had to go back to the dentist on the morning just to get it checked. They did say it had clotted, but because I was bleading it was my INR that was causing it to bleed. The also snipped one of my stitches that was dangling down on my left hole as it was annoying me a bit. Went back to work and during the afternoon my left gum by my hole felt sore and looked grey. Got home from work and checked it out again and part of the gum had filled with blood as was a tad uncomfortable cause of the pressure.
Friday 4th Feb, back again to the dentist and he said I had a hematoma on my gum, I wasnt to mess with it and to start a course of antiobotics. Back to work for a couple of hours then back out again to have my INR checked which came out at 5. Told to miss tonights dose then start on 7mg and 8mg alternate days. Went 2 to chemists to get my antiobotics and they didnt have them in stock, so went to asda got them there. Back at work and my hematoma started bleeding, eventually stopped after an hour and was sent home from work. It started bleeding again at 6pm, quite alot of blood. Back up a & e at 11pm, didnt get seen until 3am, sent home with lots of gauze and was told to keep pressure on. Doctor was a bit of a muppet, said my INR range should be 2.5 to 3.5 and I should clot in 10 minutes, he was so wrong!
Saturday 5th Feb, no sleep, still bleeding all day, havnt eaten or drunk much for well over 24 hours. Come 5.30pm, managed to get into see the doctor at the out of hours clinic. Whilst in the waiting room, I felt my hematoma burst and there was quite a bit of blood. Got referred onto a & e again where I got seen very quickly. One of the on-call dental surgeons came, cleaned out my hematoma and packed it with surgicel, instantly stopped bleeding. Had my INR checked and it had come down to 3.9, was told to miss dose and start warfarin again on Sunday evening at 7mg and go and get my INR checked again on Monday.
Today, feeling much better, mouth still uncomfortable cause of the packing they did and it has now clotted, no more blood. Very tired and worn out still. Spent most of the day in bed, resting and on laptop. Hope tomorrow's INR goes well and going back to dentist on the 18th for a checkup.
Thank you everyone for your prayers and good thoughts
God bless
Katie
