What a week end. Local hospital lab gave me a 6 plus INR. Everyone paniced. Drs' wanted me to hold coumadin fir the week end. The Pro Time was giving me a 3.5.
I didn't listen to the Docs but cut dose in half and indulged in vegs high in Vit K.
Monday, I went back to my old lab and my machine's INR was the same as theirs 2.7! Good thing I didn"t hold the coumadin.
What a thrill to be able to trust my machine.
Bad part is that I need to go to that same hospital soon for a bridging to heparin for ONE WEEK for a routine colonoscopy. I can hardly trust their lab now.
Well, it was routine until this week end when that same hospital lab showed a hgb of 9.8 which is registering a bleeding concern.
I was refused my appeal by BC to pay 100 % of my testing strips. I can't believe it as they would rather pay $45.00 for a totally unreliable test at the hosp. Going to try to reappeal as I think it is gross ignorance on their part. Especially frustrating given the state of BC in RI!!!
Think of you all often,
Donna
I didn't listen to the Docs but cut dose in half and indulged in vegs high in Vit K.
Monday, I went back to my old lab and my machine's INR was the same as theirs 2.7! Good thing I didn"t hold the coumadin.
What a thrill to be able to trust my machine.
Bad part is that I need to go to that same hospital soon for a bridging to heparin for ONE WEEK for a routine colonoscopy. I can hardly trust their lab now.
Well, it was routine until this week end when that same hospital lab showed a hgb of 9.8 which is registering a bleeding concern.
I was refused my appeal by BC to pay 100 % of my testing strips. I can't believe it as they would rather pay $45.00 for a totally unreliable test at the hosp. Going to try to reappeal as I think it is gross ignorance on their part. Especially frustrating given the state of BC in RI!!!
Think of you all often,
Donna