Moose,
Management of Coumadin is much easier now than it used to be. There are
small instruments the size of a small calculator which will accept a small
quantity of blood from a finger prick, which is placed on a disposable
strip. Within a minute, it gives you the INR value, which has replaced the
old measurement values that were formerly used. Many people have these
instruments at home. I just keep a standing order with my doctor's lab, so
I can walk in and get a check any time I need it.
I have done this for several years, though it is easier now, since my
grandson joined the practice and is our family doctor.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2010 4:51 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Finally, some darkroom time (couple of OM B&W prints)
> On 10/23/2010 1:32 PM, John Hudson wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>
> You obviously have different definitions than do I. Anything involving
> drawing blood, testing blood and adjusting diet
> and/or dosage is fussy in my book.
>
> As to difficult, mom lived on her own, although for the last few years of
> her life, I was there a lot. Although an
> ex-nurse, she hadn't drawn anyone's blood in a loooong time, let alone
> her own. I have no training in phlebotomy, let
> alone any desire to practice it.
>
> Add to that the fact that even practiced phlebotomists often had great
> difficulty drawing her blood. At the lab I
> usually drove her to, only one tech was fairly reliably able to do so. And
> no, it wasn't just that lab. There alone you
> have something that deserves my definition of difficult and fussy.
>
> Then a bit more fuss for me. Whenever they changed the dosage, I'd have to
> go through the three weeks worth of boxes
> holding 3-4 daily dosages of various drugs, pick out little pills and
> replace them.
>
> As to diet, I was not aware she was ever offered that, although she might
> not have told me. At least in later days,
> simply making something that she wanted to eat enough to do so was a
> problem, without adding further dietary requirements.
>
> I'm glad that you have live-in help to make it easy for you.
>
> Mind you, difficult and fussy may be preferable to the alternative. ;-)
>
> My viewpoint may also be affected by the fact that my use of drugs is
> limited to three pills, a decongestant,
> antihistamine and Aleve, maybe every six weeks or so when I get a sinus
> headache.
>
> Healthy Happy Moose
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