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Been back to hematologist today, after 12 months!

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Hi all,

saw a new Hematologist today, who agreed with you guys re exercise & said he did not know why his older colleague told me not to go to the gym. So I asked him also about foods, as the other guy said I should not eat broccoli & other things as it hinders Warfarin.

This younger Doctor said,''lets start again,'' giving me the chance to ask questions & he'd answer.

By the end of the appointment, I came out of the surgery feeling like a younger guy.

I can start eating (in moderation) broccoli again & I can have blackcurrants and don't have to worry about using garlic in my foods, I should not indulge in the garlic clove whole but instead use it for flavoring the dish.

I can (as you guys said) ride my bike!!! I can go back to the gym!!! I just need to keep away from contact sports.

I feel like a new me, because meal times were just a nightmare. I think this felt worse because I'm on a low carbs diet due to Diabetes & had to think around that one, as we can't eat sugar or high carbs & when you try & get around all of it, having to read every food label to check whats ok for you, you find there's not much you can eat that you actually like, especially when doctors say: you can't eat broccoli, because it has vitamins A, C,D, E & K, in it, which effects the Warfarin.

So, tonight I'm having Cod in Parsley sauce, with bake broccoli & a few small carrots (shouldn't have the carrots really, as they are high in sugar but just two on a day like today...well?

Thank you all for your advice...you were right & I'm looking forward to a slimmer me in the very near future. At present I'm 21 stones & hope to lose 2 lb a week now, so watch this space!

Cheerfulguy (in fact, very cheerful!)

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Yay!! ☺ dose the diet, don't diet the dose......

Hope you get on ok biking too

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daisyd

So glad you managed to see someone who knew what they were doing regarding Warfain, everything in moderation,I eat everything apart from cranberries. I was surprised to see when I attended a meeting for sticky blood in London how much vit k is in broccoli so I don't go mad on that but other wise I eat the same amount every day, there is a very good list on the net somewhere that lists the vit k in foods which helps especially when you are on a diet

Good luck

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nossib

Hi CheerfulGuy , I know what it involves with 'nightmare eating'. I am on warfarin for life, following a PE but am also on metformin for borderline diabetes 2 and to top it off, I'm a oeliac so paramount for me to be totally gluten free......it really does become a depressing regime! I was once 8 stone, now 13 stone!! Because of my arthritis ( have had one hip replacement) and many limitations, it is just not possible for me to attend a gym....I do try to walk when I can though. Good luck with your weight loss and thanks for information on broccoli...I love it! Any further tips appreciated. :)

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