Wednesday, 4 January 2012

DIY - Cutting myself!

I've always been into DIY, using lots of tools, and generally cutting and scratching myself regularly.  I'm typically male in my attitude, i just ignore it, and if it's making a mess wrap it in whatever is handy, usually some sellotape or something!

Well, I can report that after being on warfarin, Nothing has changed here.  Nothing.  Heals the same, bleeds the same.

Banging myself however, different story.  I definitely bruise easier, and it's noticeably worse when INR is up near 4.0.

Alcohol

Having been on warfarin for 8 months and had plenty of binge drinks, including week-long ones, i believe you can drink anything you want as long as you test regularly and alter the dose to suit.

Simple as that.  Doctors don't want to hear it, but you really can drink whatever, whenever, as long as you test whenever your stability is at risk.