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My Dad, a coumadin taker for 20 years due to a mechanical valve, was supposed to have surgery on Nov 8. This surgery necessitated him to be off Coumadin for 10 days.
Nov 4 (Friday a week ago) they realized he has an atrial flutter. Surgery canxed. He HAS to have this surgery, but they have to sort out the heart issues.
For whatever reason, the cardio is dragging his feet to actually see him - "appt time slots are full". They were going to have him come in on Nov 30 (!!) to find out why he has this atrial flutter. The regular doctor raised cain about it, and the cardio finally relented and put Dad in for Nov 18 (one week from now). Note that Nov 18 is two weeks after they found this atrial flutter.
Meanwhile, my Dad has now been off coumadin for two weeks. And another week yet for just the cardio appt. And this means the surgery will be pushed out to [date TBD]. Because he has to be off coumadin a total of ten days before surgery, putting him back on coumadin now means it is going to screw up the timing on his mandatory surgery.
Not to mention I think he will need to take Lovenox with the coumadin for a while before the coumadin starts to work effectively again. Meanwhile, the Lovenox shots are 70 bucks a day out of pocket. 70 x 30 = 2100 bucks if it takes that long.
The point of all this: ever since coming off the coumadin he's had bouts of lightheadedness and dizziness. Last night he was scared. He's communicated these symptoms to his regular doctor, and I think (but am not sure) the cardio when they were raising cain about moving the dates around. What does Coumadin do that Lovenox does not?
Thoughts?
My Dad, a coumadin taker for 20 years due to a mechanical valve, was supposed to have surgery on Nov 8. This surgery necessitated him to be off Coumadin for 10 days.
Nov 4 (Friday a week ago) they realized he has an atrial flutter. Surgery canxed. He HAS to have this surgery, but they have to sort out the heart issues.
For whatever reason, the cardio is dragging his feet to actually see him - "appt time slots are full". They were going to have him come in on Nov 30 (!!) to find out why he has this atrial flutter. The regular doctor raised cain about it, and the cardio finally relented and put Dad in for Nov 18 (one week from now). Note that Nov 18 is two weeks after they found this atrial flutter.
Meanwhile, my Dad has now been off coumadin for two weeks. And another week yet for just the cardio appt. And this means the surgery will be pushed out to [date TBD]. Because he has to be off coumadin a total of ten days before surgery, putting him back on coumadin now means it is going to screw up the timing on his mandatory surgery.
Not to mention I think he will need to take Lovenox with the coumadin for a while before the coumadin starts to work effectively again. Meanwhile, the Lovenox shots are 70 bucks a day out of pocket. 70 x 30 = 2100 bucks if it takes that long.
The point of all this: ever since coming off the coumadin he's had bouts of lightheadedness and dizziness. Last night he was scared. He's communicated these symptoms to his regular doctor, and I think (but am not sure) the cardio when they were raising cain about moving the dates around. What does Coumadin do that Lovenox does not?
Thoughts?