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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2019 7:54:23 GMT -8
I was walking my dog last week and I stopped to talk to a neighbor. He was complaining about having to go to the doctor. He said he had to go every 6 months, that's twice a year.
I go to my cardiologist twice a year. I go back every month for a blood test. I see my family doctor twice a year. A total of 16 visits a year even if I don't get sick. My neighbor was complaining about going twice a year whew, I should be so lucky.
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Post by admin on Oct 27, 2019 8:52:41 GMT -8
I think the last time I went was about two years ago for back pain. She wrote me a prescription for pain medication, which I thought was too strong for what I had.
I went home and continued to just rest my back and take aspirin. I had lumbago and sciatica. I could barely move, actually. Plus, I was constantly having to bend to pick things up, feed my dogs, etc. It took about three months, but I got well.
Other than that, I'm pretty healthy and so don't go to a doctor regularly.
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Post by admin on Oct 27, 2019 8:55:48 GMT -8
I find that doctors today are all about prescribing meds. They don't bother to find out anything else. They want to treat the symptom, not the cause.
I discovered on my own what was causing the lumbago.
My doctor didn't bother to ask what I was doing that might be cause my back pain. All she wanted to do was prescribe medication.
I Googled 'lumbago' and found out some causes of it. Turns out I was making a repetitive movement that caused it. There was a bottom drawer in my office that was kind of hard to pull out. The constant repetition of pulling it out caused the lumbago.
After I fixed that drawer and stopped pulling it with force, the lumbago went away.
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Post by Gy on Oct 27, 2019 11:57:27 GMT -8
Get my Coumadin level checked every six weeks. See the doctor every three months. The dentist every three months. Finally, the eye doctor twice a year. Total visits, 18.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2019 12:20:44 GMT -8
Ok, I get my coumadin level checked once a month down at Norton's. They have other blood thinners but they cost as much a 475. a month. I haven't checked with my insurance company yet, they may pay some of it or most of it. If I take one of these other blood thinners I won't need the blood test every month.
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Post by Garak on Oct 27, 2019 12:45:10 GMT -8
The Coumadin costs me less than $3.00 a month and the blood test is covered by Medicare. No way will I switch.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2019 12:52:22 GMT -8
The Coumadin costs me less than $3.00 a month and the blood test is covered by Medicare. No way will I switch. Coumadin doesn't cost me much ether. I've been taking it 7 years. At first the tests were free but now 4 or 5 dollars a month....not much. I need to talk to my insurance company. The nurse that checks me said the doctor would change me over to one of the other thinners. It all depends on how much the insurance company will pick up.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2019 13:03:20 GMT -8
I've always heard that to new blood thinners were dangerous and don't have an antidote like Coumadin does. That's not true the new drugs don't stay in your system like coumadin does. They wears off real fast.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2019 13:06:32 GMT -8
Take vitamin K intravenously for 20 min and it's out of your system. It's the only one with an antidote.
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Post by Garak on Oct 27, 2019 13:09:39 GMT -8
Take vitamin K intravenously for 20 min and it's out of your system. It's the only one with an antidote. That is true with Coumadin but I am not sure about the new thinners.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2019 13:11:45 GMT -8
I go to Noton's on Dixie Hwy. It's close and they have kept me alive so far.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2019 13:13:15 GMT -8
I've been on it 7 years is that longer than you have?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2019 13:14:52 GMT -8
I suppose you have afib also...welcome to the club.
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Post by Garak on Oct 27, 2019 13:32:37 GMT -8
10 years. No a fib. Had a blood clot in my aortic arch 10 years ago. Diagnosed with arterial sclerosis (hardening of the arteries).
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2019 13:38:52 GMT -8
10 years. No a fib. Had a blood clot in my aortic arch 10 years ago. Diagnosed with arterial sclerosis (hardening of the arteries). Okay sorry to heard that. I hope you do well. I've had afib 7 years they've put me through all kinds of stuff but so far I've done ok...I had Doctor Sharma now I have Doctor Cherian. You never know what people are going through. Thank you for telling me what you did above, I didn't mean to get so personal.
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