"Marina - go for it. I think the GP/Hospitals are very slow to recognise that patients want to take responsibility for their own health - and in my case the hospital (who do the actual INR measurement) said in writing that they did not want…"
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Hi everyone. I had aortic stenosis resulting from an long ago case of scarlet fever. I had a St Jude mechanical valve installed, in New Westminster BC, in July of 2010. Since, I have had several…Continue
Started this discussion. Last reply by James Cohen Nov 13, 2011.
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Marina May replied to Marina May's discussion PT/INR self testing ☺"I appreciate the good advice about not "chasing my tail" in micro managing my INR. The main reason I want to self test is to avoid the long drive into town, as well as to travel again. I also hate having to wait for others to…"
James Barby replied to Marina May's discussion PT/INR self testing ☺"I also have a Roche Coaguchek, and have had no problems with it. Initially I struggled to get enough blood out of my finger but I've resolved that using the methods described previously - washing in hot water and squeezing from bottom to…"
Graeme replied to Marina May's discussion PT/INR self testing ☺"Marina
8 years on warfarin now (since April 2003) It took a long time for mine to settle down as got a bad infection in hospital that necessitated me being on antibis for 6 months after getting my new valve.. but apart…"
Mike Mahler replied to Marina May's discussion PT/INR self testing ☺"WOW! I guess we are on the oppisite ends of the warfarin spectrum.... I am at 12 mg a day to hold at 3.0 to 3.5. I guess for one thing, it makes it easy to adjust with the high dose, as a half mg is easy to work out of 12... …"
James Cohen replied to Marina May's discussion PT/INR self testing ☺"The Roche XS is exactly the same to ue a glucose readings.
As to the Warfarin, I think yours is a very low dose, but the way I get to 6.25mg is to take 6mg one day and 6.5mg the next. I have 0.5mg tablets (white) - I would not recommend trying…"
Marina May replied to Marina May's discussion PT/INR self testing ☺"Thank you for the reply James! That is a lot of Warfarin you are taking! I take just 1 mg and still go haywire. I have been getting instructions from my physician to increase or decrease by .5 mg at a time. I may suggest to…"
James Cohen replied to Marina May's discussion PT/INR self testing ☺"Marina - sorry to hear you are having problems getting stable.
I have been on Warfarin for 6 years, and by and large have been lucky to be stable. I use the Roche Coagucek XS - it is easy to use, albeit it took be a little time to…"
Marina May replied to Marina May's discussion PT/INR self testing ☺"Oh, and I almost forgot... This is a wonderful site! ♥"
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Hi everyone. I had aortic stenosis resulting from an long ago case of scarlet fever. I had a St Jude mechanical valve installed, in New Westminster BC, in July of 2010. Since, I have had several complications with bleeding and wacky INR results ranging from way too low (1) to way too high (5.8). I have been fairly stable for a few months now at ~1.8 to 2.5 on 1 mg of Warfarin, but am told it is still a tad low but they are afraid to raise my Warfarin even slightly as it usually leads to a…See More
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Hi Marina
and welcome to the Mechanical Heart Valve Forum! Please jump right in and ask any of us any questions you have- we are all here to support you as well as one another - It takes time to get used to your new little friend in your chest - but you will! I look forward to seeing you on the forums soon!
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