After 2 weeks of independence, time to go to the hospital.
I'm still very anemic, and feeling light headed and cold most of the time. Still suffering from terrible night sweating and other issues, so the last thing I want to do is leave the house. Regardless, I have to travel a distance to the hospital.
On arrival at the warfarin clinic, the enormity of the warfarin problem in this country becomes evident. There are literally hundreds of, mostly 60+ year olds, queuing up for their appointment.
After the obligatory 30 minute wait, i get called up, and receive a full test tube blood draw. In the context of my finger tester, this seems a fragrant waste of my precious blood.
I then get sent home. No test results? How odd.
Results don't arrive in the post for 2 days on an old fashioned "pay slip" type letter which also contains your dosage change and next appointment time. I noticed the first two... and missed the next appointment time. What a poorly designed document!
It said that I should adjust my dose to 8.5 based on a single test snapshot of 3.1 and the fact they believe my range should be 2.5 to 3.5 instead of the correct 2.5 to 3.0. This is because their computer system didn't have a setting for 2.5 to 3.0. So... they sent me home with a dose that was almost certain to send me on an INR high within only a few days. However, they didn't want me back for another test for 2 weeks.
I'm still very anemic, and feeling light headed and cold most of the time. Still suffering from terrible night sweating and other issues, so the last thing I want to do is leave the house. Regardless, I have to travel a distance to the hospital.
On arrival at the warfarin clinic, the enormity of the warfarin problem in this country becomes evident. There are literally hundreds of, mostly 60+ year olds, queuing up for their appointment.
After the obligatory 30 minute wait, i get called up, and receive a full test tube blood draw. In the context of my finger tester, this seems a fragrant waste of my precious blood.
I then get sent home. No test results? How odd.
Results don't arrive in the post for 2 days on an old fashioned "pay slip" type letter which also contains your dosage change and next appointment time. I noticed the first two... and missed the next appointment time. What a poorly designed document!
It said that I should adjust my dose to 8.5 based on a single test snapshot of 3.1 and the fact they believe my range should be 2.5 to 3.5 instead of the correct 2.5 to 3.0. This is because their computer system didn't have a setting for 2.5 to 3.0. So... they sent me home with a dose that was almost certain to send me on an INR high within only a few days. However, they didn't want me back for another test for 2 weeks.
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