View Full Version : Is it Thursday already? I feel like I lost a couple of days...
Maybe that's because I did!
For the last couple of weeks, I've been feeling run down, in excruciating pain, along with numbness in my left arm. Tuesday morning, I took a look at WebMD and typed in the symptoms. Naturally, the first possible problem listed was "mild heart attack". Oh, and when I got up Tuesday morning, my left arm had massive bruises.
This information freaked out the wife, so she made me go to the ER to get checked out. After an EKG and some bloodwork in the triage area, they wheeled me back into the ER. When a room became available, I was put into a room.
After a few more tests, they told me that they wanted to keep me overnight. They did tell me, however, that I did not have a heart attack, but that I was suffering from a drug overdose!
So, a heartfelt thank you to everyone how has ever suggested "hookers and blow" on this board. :cheers:
But seriously folks, I've been on Warfarin/Coumadin/rat poison for over 24 years. Not sure how, but my INR (blood coagulation coefficient) was not measurable. The scale goes up to 8.0, and I was over. Go big, or go home, right? :D
After a couple of days of IVs, my INR came back down to 3.4, which, while still "high", is within acceptable parameters. After the pulmonary embolism I had 7 1/2 years ago, my doctor wanted to keep me in the 2.7 to 3.0 range.
Bottom line is, if I hadn't gone to the ER on Tuesday, I probably wouldn't have been able to type this thread. Laurie would have posted a different thread.
:cheers:
TL;DR: Almost died, but didn't.
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markids77
10-10-2019, 7:44pm
My Dad recently had a similar reaction... they pumped him full of vitamin K and sent him home with this little test kit he uses once a week and phones the numbers in to his cardiologist. No one can tell us what triggered his excursion; I hope you find the cause of yours.
Grey Ghost
10-10-2019, 8:01pm
I thought they kept a blood check on anyone taking coumadin?
YOU are VERY lucky and smart to have gone to the ER. My cousin was also on it for years. A new Dr. switched him to a different blood thinner with or without much knowledge or consideration. He literally bled out in a McDonald's bathroom. They got him to the hospital, but could not get his blood to coagulate with the new thinner he had been taking. I think with coumadin they have a drug to stop it and get your blood back to normal. They gave my cousin countless blood products...and couldn't get it reversed. He died a horrible death from it.
Don't ever hesitate to go to the ER when you are on any blood thinner.
Glad you are here to start this thread.
I also had another friend go the hosp. a couple of weeks ago with arm pain. Heart attack and he also died.
simpleman68
10-10-2019, 8:05pm
Damn Al, glad you got in to find out what was going on.
Coumadin is really strong med. What is your BP range without it?
My Aunt had high blood pressure most of her life and at 75 they took her off of it for a surgery and her BP went to near perfect levels and stayed there until the day she died.
I often wonder WTH was up with that.
Scott
Millenium Vette
10-10-2019, 8:53pm
TL;DR: Almost died, but didn't.
:cheers:
Ohhhh, we read it alright, just thankful you are still among us. :seasix:
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marrepka
10-10-2019, 9:33pm
Glad you're still with us, take care :seasix:
dwjz06
10-10-2019, 10:24pm
Damn Alan. Glad you got it checked out. :cert:
SQUIRMIN VERMIN 84
10-11-2019, 12:58am
Glad your wife took the lead!!! Scary stuff!
New chapter, new life!:seasix:
Olustee bus
10-11-2019, 3:50am
Glad you went to the ER, albeit a little late. Hey guys, if you have SERIOUS symptoms, see a doctor soon.
Black94lt1
10-11-2019, 4:10am
Damn that’s scary, hope they determine what caused it to go so far out of whack. Glad you went to the ER, as guys we’re too stubborn when it comes to getting medical help
Damn Alan, glad you caught it in time, but just make sure to keep an eye on this. Hope they get you all figured out and back to being healthy! :cert:
Much happier to be reading this thread than the one Laurie would have been posting :yesnod: :seasix:
Datawiz
10-11-2019, 6:20am
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Rodnok1
10-11-2019, 7:02am
Glad you're gonna be alright man.
Pulled through, good. :seasix::cert:
Mike Mercury
10-11-2019, 8:25am
Laurie would have posted a different thread.
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This is exactly why I stopped shaving my legs. :leaving:
Sounds scary. Going forward, see if maybe you can just drink heavily to thin out your blood, vs. taking the rat poison. Do it the natural way...a few shots of your favorite libation every so often.
Glad you decided to get it checked out when you did.
Damn, it's hard to get rid of you.
Please keep it that way.
Glad you are still here man. You need to give the Mrs my number so she can let me know these things. Maybe can’t do much from here, but you will be in our prayers
sasnglass77
10-11-2019, 6:15pm
Glad you are still here man. You need to give the Mrs my number so she can let me know these things. Maybe can’t do much from here, but you will be in our prayers
Thanks everyone for the well wishes.
I will get the number from him. I was praying as well as my family. Prayers are always welcomed.
Stangkiller
10-12-2019, 10:25am
Damn Snide! Glad you’re recovering, that shits scary!
NEED-A-VETTE
10-12-2019, 10:45am
:willy:
Glad you’re alright.
Where'd the rest of the month go? :willy:
After getting out of the hospital, I spent the next week in bed. Basically had no energy to do anything. I'm thinking it was the antibiotics I was on, but effect was that I felt like I had pneumonia.
On Monday last week, I had an appointment with the wound care department at the hospital. While there, one of the nurses noticed that I was sweating bullets, was having difficulty breathing, along with minor chest pains. So, they admitted me.
On Wednesday, the wound care doctor performed a surgical procedure on my leg wound, to clean it up. Now, I have to pack the wound with citric acid (vinegar) dressings. Yes, the pain is excruciating! But no pain, no gain, right? :rolleyes:
Late Friday afternoon, I was released from hospital. Trying to get back into the swing of work, but I'm going to take it easy for the first couple of days. Still on the antibiotics which are kicking my ass. :willy:
kylebuck
10-28-2019, 11:08am
TL;DR: Almost died, but didn't.
:cheers:
Get better blow, your guy is cutting your stuff with trash.:D
Rodnok1
10-28-2019, 11:13am
What happened to your leg?
Hope you get better soon.
Mike Mercury
10-28-2019, 12:37pm
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Where'd the rest of the month go? :willy:
After getting out of the hospital, I spent the next week in bed. Basically had no energy to do anything. I'm thinking it was the antibiotics I was on, but effect was that I felt like I had pneumonia.
On Monday last week, I had an appointment with the wound care department at the hospital. While there, one of the nurses noticed that I was sweating bullets, was having difficulty breathing, along with minor chest pains. So, they admitted me.
On Wednesday, the wound care doctor performed a surgical procedure on my leg wound, to clean it up. Now, I have to pack the wound with citric acid (vinegar) dressings. Yes, the pain is excruciating! But no pain, no gain, right? :rolleyes:
Late Friday afternoon, I was released from hospital. Trying to get back into the swing of work, but I'm going to take it easy for the first couple of days. Still on the antibiotics which are kicking my ass. :willy:
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Olustee bus
10-28-2019, 3:52pm
I recently had spinal surgery and instead of taking the morphine and opioids, I started taking over the counter NSAIDs. Later, I got to feeling really bad, weak, tired didn't feel like doing anything. Slept a lot. I thought I may have pneumonia. Went to a clinic twice thinking I had pneumonia. Second time they could not see any reason so they said they could not help me and suggested I go to an emergency room which I did.
Doctor told me that the NSAIDs were making me very tired and drowsy. Stopped those pills and felt much better.
Get yourself healthy, young man! :cane:
Honestly though, glad you are doing better :cert:
I recently had spinal surgery and instead of taking the morphine and opioids, I started taking over the counter NSAIDs. Later, I got to feeling really bad, weak, tired didn't feel like doing anything. Slept a lot. I thought I may have pneumonia. Went to a clinic twice thinking I had pneumonia. Second time they could not see any reason so they said they could not help me and suggested I go to an emergency room which I did.
Doctor told me that the NSAIDs were making me very tired and drowsy. Stopped those pills and felt much better.
Aleve has been the only thing that has worked on my pain. However, it also may have been instrumental in the first trip to the ER. I can no longer take any NSAIDs, including Aleve. :shrug: :banghead: :shrug:
simpleman68
10-28-2019, 8:04pm
Aleve has been the only thing that has worked on my pain. However, it also may have been instrumental in the first trip to the ER. I can no longer take any NSAIDs, including Aleve. :shrug: :banghead: :shrug:
Glad you're doing better. The great pharma paradox never ceases to amaze me; they fix some problems and create others and all you can do is pick your poison.
Only med I take is a very occasional Advil for sinus pressure. Murders the stomach though so I try to keep it to less than once a month.
Scott
Wathen1955
10-28-2019, 8:45pm
I'm on the same regiment - Coumadin
I had a blood clot in 1997 in my leg. After a full blood analysis, they told me I had Protein C Deficiency (Protein C deficiency is a disorder that increases the risk of developing abnormal blood clots; the condition can be mild or severe. Individuals with mild protein C deficiency are at risk of a type of blood clot known as a deep vein thrombosis (DVT).)
I take either 2.5mg or 5mg during the week. I'm suppose to keep my pro-time numbers between 2 and 3. I've been lucky so far. I'm one of the few that go in for testing - once every 3 months. The trick is to keep your diet pretty much the same. I have to eat a salad every day. If I fail, then the number goes up due to the vitamin K interaction.
Now if my hemorrhoids would go away...
I'm on the same regiment - Coumadin
I had a blood clot in 1997 in my leg. After a full blood analysis, they told me I had Protein C Deficiency (Protein C deficiency is a disorder that increases the risk of developing abnormal blood clots; the condition can be mild or severe. Individuals with mild protein C deficiency are at risk of a type of blood clot known as a deep vein thrombosis (DVT).)
I take either 2.5mg or 5mg during the week. I'm suppose to keep my pro-time numbers between 2 and 3. I've been lucky so far. I'm one of the few that go in for testing - once every 3 months. The trick is to keep your diet pretty much the same. I have to eat a salad every day. If I fail, then the number goes up due to the vitamin K interaction.
Now if my hemorrhoids would go away...
You know the drill. :ack: Your INR can be stable for years, then just go out of whack, which is what happened to me 3 weeks ago. Went to ER thinking I may have had a heart attack, turns out it was a coumadin overdose. The dosage didn't change. :shrug:
Best wishes to you. I really hope you don't develop venous ulcers, which is something that I've been living with off and on for the past 12+ years. Including the ulcer that's been hounding me for the past 3+ years.
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Wathen1955
10-29-2019, 12:17pm
You know the drill. :ack: Your INR can be stable for years, then just go out of whack, which is what happened to me 3 weeks ago. Went to ER thinking I may have had a heart attack, turns out it was a coumadin overdose. The dosage didn't change. :shrug:
Best wishes to you. I really hope you don't develop venous ulcers, which is something that I've been living with off and on for the past 12+ years. Including the ulcer that's been hounding me for the past 3+ years.
:cheers:I've been lucky so fare with my INR. I recently got my medical insurance to buy me a home test kit. It's called CuaguSense. IT SUCKS. Even my Coumadin person that test me, she had difficulty using the kit. So I called them to let them know that I'm not happy with this kit, and I want the same one that is used at the Coumadin Clinic where I go for testing. Now just waiting to get the replacement.
So have your ulcers been caused by taking Coumadin?
I've been lucky so fare with my INR. I recently got my medical insurance to buy me a home test kit. It's called CuaguSense. IT SUCKS. Even my Coumadin person that test me, she had difficulty using the kit. So I called them to let them know that I'm not happy with this kit, and I want the same one that is used at the Coumadin Clinic where I go for testing. Now just waiting to get the replacement.
So have your ulcers been caused by taking Coumadin?
The docs won't say what caused the ulcers, other than the valves in my left leg aren't working properly. They aren't pumping the blood back to my heart, so it just pools in my leg. Even though I've been wearing compression socks and try to keep my feet elevated whenever practical, the ulcers would form. With 3 to 6 months of wound care, they would heal. But not this current one. :shrug:
Wathen1955
10-29-2019, 4:27pm
I also have to wear support socks. Here are what my legs look like below. The red area is very sensitive to touch. It hurts like a MF if hit hard. I also have to keep my legs elevated when sitting down. I did go in once to have a faulty valve fix so the redness would go away, but it never did so I never went back for another shot. At this point in time, I'll be 65 in May and I don't want to do any more about it - I'll just live with it.
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It's hard finding a decent set of support socks. Been trying different companies, but the quality sucks. Most don't last more that 6 months.
Rodnok1
10-29-2019, 5:27pm
Might want to try Under Armour Sport socks.
I got them for my son playing sports(football and baseball) and he still wears them many years later. A tad expensive if buy local(8 to 10 a pair). He was a sweaty kid and needed a quality sock. Not sure the tightness you need.
I believe they were heat gear over the calf.
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Nothing to worry about. It'll be as right as rain in a few days!
Wathen1955
10-29-2019, 7:51pm
Might want to try Under Armour Sport socks.
I got them for my son playing sports(football and baseball) and he still wears them many years later. A tad expensive if buy local(8 to 10 a pair). He was a sweaty kid and needed a quality sock. Not sure the tightness you need.
I believe they were heat gear over the calf.I found their site, but the sock you mentioned seems to be of lower quality now. All the reviews are similar to this one for that type of sock:
I have been an UA fan for years! Use to be best socks ever. Now, quality is not the same! Why reduce the quality. Socks won't stay up anymore...use to be the best boot socks ever....never use to slip or slide down! BRING BACK THE QUALITY PLEASE!!!
That is one of the problems with these socks lately for the ones I've been buying. They don't stay up around the knee, BUT I did order a pair to try them out. The majority of the reviews were a few years back so maybe they changed.
I also have to wear support socks. Here are what my legs look like below. The red area is very sensitive to touch. It hurts like a MF if hit hard. I also have to keep my legs elevated when sitting down. I did go in once to have a faulty valve fix so the redness would go away, but it never did so I never went back for another shot. At this point in time, I'll be 65 in May and I don't want to do any more about it - I'll just live with it.
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It's hard finding a decent set of support socks. Been trying different companies, but the quality sucks. Most don't last more that 6 months.
Damn! I’ve been wearing Jobst compression stockings. For elevation, I have a Human Touch Perfect Chair, the PC-Live version. This chair gets to a zero gravity position. Worth every penny. I also have a Lay-Z-Boy chair that gets close to zero gravity.
Thinking about getting an Altwork workstation as well. Pricey, but it will help me keep my feet elevated, which is required.
Rodnok1
10-30-2019, 6:24am
I found their site, but the sock you mentioned seems to be of lower quality now. All the reviews are similar to this one for that type of sock:
That is one of the problems with these socks lately for the ones I've been buying. They don't stay up around the knee, BUT I did order a pair to try them out. The majority of the reviews were a few years back so maybe they changed.
Figures the quality would slip... Hopefully not though.
I have problems with shoes(find a good pair then quality goes to shit) myself and tendons around the knees so I wear gray work gear socks from Walmart. They don't compress alot but keeps the tendon below knee happy.
I don't dry the sports socks in the dryer ever, just air dry then.
Take care of those legs man.
Wathen1955
10-30-2019, 1:14pm
Take care of those legs man.They have been like this since 1997 when I had the blood clot in my left leg.
My grandfather had this and so did my dad. My dad use to wrap his legs when I was a kid. Never knew why. Now I know.
They told me surgery would be the only way to correct the legs on how they look, but I don't want to spend the money. If I had them look like that in my teens or 20's, then hell yes I would have it fixed. I'm still able to walk several miles with no issues.
Damn. That's scary. You were smarter than some I've known to go to the hospital. Two died in my family for waiting too long.
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