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Re: [OM] Finally, some darkroom time (couple of OM B&W prints)

Subject: Re: [OM] Finally, some darkroom time (couple of OM B&W prints)
From: "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2010 15:24:07 -0500
Hi Moose,

Thanks for your concern.  I have been on Coumadin since I received two 
mechanical heart valves in 1993, and regulate the dosage myself, quite 
successfully.  My recent dealings with doctors have not been quite so 
successful. :~(

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2010 3:09 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Finally, some darkroom time (couple of OM B&W prints)


> On 10/22/2010 8:06 AM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>> ....  I went in as an out-patient on the 13th to get a check of my 
>> esophagus.  I am normally on Coumadin because I have mechanical heart 
>> valves.  I had to transition off of Coumadin to Lovenox for the exam. 
>> Two days later, I found I was losing blood from some location.  Had to 
>> make another run to Nashville, enter the hospital, undergo another exam 
>> to repair the "leak", then spent five days in the hospital to take on 
>> three units of blood and start things back toward normal.  I came home 
>> Wednesday and must remain on a liquid diet for another week, while trying 
>> to get my Coumadin level back where it should be.  Feeling fine, but 
>> didn't enjoy the experience at all.
>
> OY!
>
> My mom was on Coumadin (The fancy,  prescription name for the rat poison 
> warfarin.). A constant fuss to keep the dose
> right, so the blood level was enough for the desired thinning effect and 
> low enough that she didn't just start leaking
> blood.
>
> She ended up needing esophageal surgery (outpatient, thankfully). They had 
> her on a type of potassium supplement that
> was catching in her throat and burning it. Combined with the Coumadin, she 
> was then leaking blood own into her GI tract
> and had become anemic.
>
> Stay well, now, hear?
>
> Moose
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