Just before leaving hospital, it's time for a consult with the pharmacist. She's sending me home with a bagful of drugs to stop sickness, constipation, headaches and all manner of other ailments i'm feeling, but more importantly the Warfarin drug itself, and pack of information.
We chatted through how things will work and she told me that I will need to check in to my local hospital for blood tests. These are likely to be weekly at first, and once stable move to 3 weekly, or even longer. What a pain in the neck this feels.
I discussed with her my self testing and she was completely dismissive. She said "You won't need that", and was rather patronising about my efforts towards independence. Once stable, she said, I won't need a test more often than every few weeks, and the drug just stays in balance.
I chose to smile and not discuss any further :)
We chatted through how things will work and she told me that I will need to check in to my local hospital for blood tests. These are likely to be weekly at first, and once stable move to 3 weekly, or even longer. What a pain in the neck this feels.
I discussed with her my self testing and she was completely dismissive. She said "You won't need that", and was rather patronising about my efforts towards independence. Once stable, she said, I won't need a test more often than every few weeks, and the drug just stays in balance.
I chose to smile and not discuss any further :)
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