Follow up from my previous post re Apixaban

[Marie-Ang]

I said I would let you know the outcome.

On Monday morning I called the surgery. I got a call back with the standard response that the doctor would not over rule a recommendation from a consultant. I then rang the hospital and asked to be put through to the Colorectal department but there was no reply. I tried again later with the same result.

I then sent an email to PALS at the hospital explaining my concern. I received a very quick response saying that my email had been forwarded to the right department with a request they contact me and to let PALS know if that did not happen. I waited till 4 pm today and had no response so I emailed PALS again. I then got phone call from the lady at PALS saying she had been to the department and asked them to contact me. It worked! At 5pm I got a call to say that my concern had been put to one of the Colorectal consultants who had agreed that I should stop the Apixaban for three days instead of five.

I am much happier now and thank you all of you responded and gave me the encouragement to be persistent until I got an answer. I haven’t had an explanation as to why I was told five days but I will ask when I go for my procedure.

[10gingercats]

So glad to hear that you persisted and got an answer. But it can be very tiring when you are not well to keep on pushing.The five days down to three days does sound as though these decisions can be very random and not based on NICE guide lines.....just my opinion.

[CDreamer]

Pleased you got a result! Hard slog though which it shouldn’t be.

Hope all goes well.