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Travel Insurance: Tick4 comments

CN wrote 2 years ago: So I have an annual travel insurance policy with an insurance company that costs me about £40 a year … more →

Tags: Stroke, facebook, cadiss, Travel Insurance, forum, able2travel

INR = 1.7

CN wrote 2 years ago: My target INR=2.5 My theraputic INR = 2-3 My actual INR = 1.7, down from 3 last week, i.e. it bounce … more →

Tags: Stroke, CLOT, recovery, warfarin, INR, Dissection

Liberation from the bits I missed4 comments

CN wrote 2 years ago: My friend Andy L suggested I sent out a message suggesting more or less the email below. I didn … more →

Tags: Stroke, Work, eMail, Priorities, prioritise, prioritize, change

Life isn't fair2 comments

CN wrote 2 years ago: No, I’m not whinging that ‘life isn’t fair’, I’m just merely observing … more →

Tags: Stroke, recovery, HOPE, Life, Grace, patience

The point of an unread book2 comments

CN wrote 2 years ago: I have a large pile of blissfully unread books on my bedside table.  See: Some of them I had before … more →

Tags: Stroke, WorDs, Books, can't read

The Follow-up Scan

CN wrote 2 years ago: I’m not even surprised by the chain of events leading up to the scan today! One of the benefit … more →

Tags: Stroke, cadiss, MRI, CT, nhs letter

57 weeks in credit3 comments

CN wrote 2 years ago: Yep, being back at work is tiring and I’ve not even got into it yet.  Yada, yada, yada.  But t … more →

Tags: Stroke, Sick leave, credit, flexitime

INR = 3

CN wrote 2 years ago: Yep.  Twas 1.7 last Wednesday, and 3 this Wednesday.  It’s supposed to be between 2-3: too low … more →

Tags: Stroke, rhiannon prytherc, julie's update nr

Hi ho, hi ho, scan booked for Friday5 comments

CN wrote 2 years ago: Many argue the NHS is inefficient. Perhaps I prefer to think of it as over-complicated, possibly due … more →

Tags: Stroke, recovery, cadiss, MRI, Back to Work

Ironing...2 comments

CN wrote 2 years ago: I’m ironing.  It’s the Sunday night routine on a Monday lunchtime… Can only mean I … more →

Tags: Stroke, ironing

Words of wisdom2 comments

CN wrote 2 years ago: On Tuesday I’m going back to work.  I daresay that provides the outside opportunity for more a … more →

Tags: Stroke, Work, Return, Wisdom

Two calls from the surgery

CN wrote 2 years ago: Two calls from medics today.  First the brilliant warfarin nurse called and said they wanted me to t … more →

Tags: Stroke, warfarin, Clexane, Sick leave, dosage

The haircut and the book

CN wrote 2 years ago: You may remember that after the first MRI, on Day 2, I kept being asked questions like: “who’s the P … more →

Tags: Stroke, hair, washed, hairdresser, sink, Chiropractor, paint, book, Reading

No call = No Clexanes :-)

CN wrote 2 years ago: Just a note to say they didn’t call me back, and no call means no change.  It’s quite ni … more →

Tags: Stroke

INR down to 1.7

CN wrote 2 years ago: My INR has dropped to 1.7, which is .3 below the required therapeutic range (2-3).  I had already no … more →

Tags: Stroke, Young, warfarin, Clexane, neck, ache

Just for the warfarin women...2 comments

CN wrote 2 years ago: I was hoping the MRI on Wednesday would show the artery is healed, allowing me to cut the 6 months o … more →

Tags: Stroke, MRI, Cerazette, Mirena, dvt, progesterone only pill

Oops3 comments

CN wrote 2 years ago: Just realised I forgot all the drugs last night.  Apparently I just ignore that dose now and tell th … more →

Tags: Stroke, warfarin, dose

2010 in review

CN wrote 2 years ago: WordPress sent me an email about this blog in 2010… I started it in mid-October.  This is what … more →

Tags: Stroke, recovery, stats

A pain in the neck

CN wrote 2 years ago: My neck hurts. This wouldn’t usually bother me but, of course, pain in the left side of my nec … more →

Tags: Stroke, Young, neck, Pain


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