Inr & flu jab.

[Suzypawz]

Pic' to start your day with a smile

Been to docs today & had my inr checked, it's still only 2.1!!

On 7 & 8 warfarin still & another appointment for next Tuesday to check it again, still foggy headed & daft!!

You know what I dont get? why do they put warfarin in 'pop' out strips?? your fingers kill from poping them all out! I have to get my son to pop them out each time I get them from the chemist & he puts them in a bottle for me

I was given my flu jab also today, arm bruised where it was put but OK otherwise, just hoping I shant react like last year as it was my first time & was quite ill from it for around 2 weeks!

Hope you are all well & smiling xx

[jessielou]

Hi suzy,

good laugh tonight, low inr's, makin us silly i reckon, H struggling tho, glad she been docs, hope arm not too bad and you don't get poorly from it.

Love the pic.

Hope all well

see you soon.

Gentle hugs sheena xxxxxx

[paddyandlin]

Love the pic and i think low INR is catching and i though you and sheena were silly already but have decided iam joining with an INR of 1.2 lol the Low INR gang hope your arm ok.

paddy

[jessielou]

Hi paddy

welcome to the silly gang, hope the inr goes up soon!!

Take care gentle hugs sheena xxxxxx

[Suzypawz]

It was a goodnight chatting Sheena!

You can join our gang if you want to Paddy! But I think we need to 'move up' to at least the inr 3 - 4 gang!! it's safer in that club!!

[panda60 in reply to Suzypawz]

How true - I am in that gang and try to stay around 3.5. Last week my inr went up to 4.3 and I was racing around like a whirling dervish! But back to reality this week. Wish it could be over 4.0 all the time, but I know it's not safe. Consultant who did my last shoulder op was very surprised that I was allowed to go as high as 4.0, but then again he hadn't met any other Hughes patients...!!!

[jetjetjet]

i was low last couple of tests , that 3-4 gang sounds good to me, last one 1.8 should be 3-3.5 will find out thurs , next day with the vampires , as well, hellowen is just around the corner. be well all jet

[jessielou]

Hi jet,

you welcome join the gang hon, i propose immediate changes to Inr 's!! Lol

take care xxxxx sheena xxxxxx

[paddyandlin in reply to jessielou]

is that a freebie you can get as part of the membership lol

[jessielou in reply to paddyandlin]

Why not, in this world where you get nothing for nothing, whats a little inr raising between friends. Xx Xx Xx

[travelnut]

Hi All

Must be that time of year - my INR has been below 3 for the last 2 weeks. I've had my flu jab last week and don't think it has affected my INR as that was low before I had the jab. No side effects aside from a bit of arm ache for a day

Take care everyone.

[Storky]

Hello Everyone

Had my Flu jab last week and a pneumonia too. So I had two sore arms for a couple of days. Apart from that no real affects although chest did feel a bit tight over week-end and had a bit of a dry cough and a bit of a sjogrens flare so as that was my first pneumonia jab perhaps it caused a bit of a reaction which was not too bad. Nothing that paracetamol didn't fix anyway!

Strangely my INR went the other way - 4.2 so Im in the (was going to say mile high club) but thats not what I meant!!!! Ha - too many years working for the favourite airline.....

[judes]

I love being the odd one out my INR was 10.1 which is better that the 10.8 it was 2 weeks age did drop to 2.4 in the middle week!

As for Warfarin being in blister packs there are 3 words that spring to mind....Health and Safety!!

[Suzypawz]

Oh....so quite a few of us have inr low at the momen..except for you Judes!! wow 10 & over! hope you are well & ok with it like that? strange how it dropped so dramatically tho' ?!

Thats so true....I worry even though I keep my tabs somewhere safe usually it still worries me if I forget & leave the on the side some where kids that visit/or our cat may find them even when my son pops them all out for me he's aware that he must be carefull not to drop any.

OK I vote we all should be in the new club by Xmas!!

Take care all of you xx

[paddyandlin]

lol Ok this time next week will be the over 5 gang lol it is like being on a quiz show i wait for the call to say am i higher or lower than i should be . Judes 10!!!! wow the highest i got was 9.8 and i was sent to A&E for Vit K and the docs nearly having a fit lol

[Suzypawz]

lol....Paddy!

yep I was around 8 - 9 & it was all down to a 'student' doc dosing me the warfarin after an operation a few years ago, I had said if you ask me to take the amount he had said....it would go too thin as it was already not too bad....I was told to do as I was told! so I did .....oh....it went thin!!!!!

But yep we can play how high can you go...or how low can you go! ..................I'm sure there's a song about that!!

[paddyandlin]

so begining of the week lets play the new game show whats your INR this week!!!

[jessielou]

Hi

Hows a starting bid of 2.1, although on steroids and probably antibiotics tomorrow (chest infection), so will have to be checked again this week so may get higher yeah!!!!!

Take care, gentle hugs Sheena xxxxxxxxx