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From: "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2010 5:09 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.
Nothing at all difficult or fussy !
Blood sample taken every month and the INR reading determined.
Increase or decrease your daily intake of leafy greens to fine tune the INR
given the daily dose of warfarin.
Been at it for years ........... my wife is very good at drawing the blood.
jh
>
> 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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