My GP sent me to specialist at Nambour hospital. She wanted him to decide whether I stayed taking Xarelto (treatment for DVT's (blood clots in leg), and go back onto daily aspirin or to take both. Decision was to go off the Xarelto & onto aspirin. So here I am one week later (after spending 5hrs yesterday at emergency Ipswich hospital) 3 DVT's found by scan on leg & so I am back on Xarelto. I just can't win. If I was a horse they would have shot me months ago. Alice
jules47 said
05:36 PM Nov 14, 2015
Crikey Alice - what a bad thing to have happened - just shows that "specialists" don't know everything - as a friends surgeon said to him a while ago - ah, yes, but there a Specialists and specialists!!!
Kaid said
05:54 PM Nov 14, 2015
Geez Alice . That is no good at all.
Hope you are on the mend soon
dragonfly1 said
07:49 PM Nov 14, 2015
I had my heart loose its rythem at Easter time and was taken to Nambour hospital by ambulance and then transferred to the heart unit at buderum hospital
they put me on both those blood thinners to stop blood clots and my heart specialist on the Gold Coast has told me to keep on taking both tablets
Dragonfly1
kandagal said
09:57 PM Nov 14, 2015
Yes Dragonfly I think I will do my own prescribing & take both Xarelto & aspirin from now on. Alice
Baz421 said
10:05 PM Nov 14, 2015
Hang in there Alice.
I had my spleen out 43 years ago. 20 years ago the RAAF reviewed all my medical docs (as they were sectioning them into individual "parts") and the reviewing doctor was in the RAAF reserve.
He stated that my spleen probably didn't need to removed, but I was in the hands of surgeons and not a PHYSICIAN.
So I know what you are saying.
Young Simmo said
11:39 PM Nov 15, 2015
Hello dragonfly1, I am not recommending or suggesting anything but just swapping notes, and you can take it anyway you choose. Since I had a triple By-Pass in Feb 2002, I have been taking 50 mg Metoprolol, morning and night to reduce my heart rate. About a year after my By-Pass I had a bad session of my Heart jumping around inside my chest, and it is quite scary. I went to the Carnarvon hospital who contacted Cardiologists at Royal Perth Hospital, and they said to give me half of a Metoprolol, and every thing settled down almost instantly. I have been through the same exercise maybe 3 or 4 times over the last 14 years, and sorted it out myself, (some would say not a good idea) but, each time I get settled straight away.
It might be worth mentioning Metoprolol to your Doctor, tactfully of course as telling your Doc how to suck eggs is not always a good idea. The ball is in your court mate.
Simmo.
I might add that I had the By-Pass at age 62, and now at 75 I am cruising on my total engine rebuild, better than a 1938 Ford Vee 8.
Young Simmo said
11:41 PM Nov 15, 2015
dragonfly1 wrote:
I had my heart loose its rythem at Easter time and was taken to Nambour hospital by ambulance and then transferred to the heart unit at buderum hospital
they put me on both those blood thinners to stop blood clots and my heart specialist on the Gold Coast has told me to keep on taking both tablets
Dragonfly1
I should have quoted the above but, late is better than never.
Simmo.
dragonfly1 said
11:35 AM Nov 16, 2015
Simmo
I take sotalol morning and night to keep my heart in its rhythm so its probably similar to the stuff you are taking
My GP sent me to specialist at Nambour hospital. She wanted him to decide whether I stayed taking Xarelto (treatment for DVT's (blood clots in leg), and go back onto daily aspirin or to take both. Decision was to go off the Xarelto & onto aspirin. So here I am one week later (after spending 5hrs yesterday at emergency Ipswich hospital) 3 DVT's found by scan on leg & so I am back on Xarelto. I just can't win. If I was a horse they would have shot me months ago. Alice
Hope you are on the mend soon
I had my heart loose its rythem at Easter time and was taken to Nambour hospital by ambulance and then transferred to the heart unit at buderum hospital
they put me on both those blood thinners to stop blood clots and my heart specialist on the Gold Coast has told me to keep on taking both tablets
Dragonfly1
Hang in there Alice.
I had my spleen out 43 years ago. 20 years ago the RAAF reviewed all my medical docs (as they were sectioning them into individual "parts") and the reviewing doctor was in the RAAF reserve.
He stated that my spleen probably didn't need to removed, but I was in the hands of surgeons and not a PHYSICIAN.
So I know what you are saying.
Hello dragonfly1, I am not recommending or suggesting anything but just swapping notes, and you can take it anyway you choose. Since I had a triple By-Pass in Feb 2002, I have been taking 50 mg Metoprolol, morning and night to reduce my heart rate. About a year after my By-Pass I had a bad session of my Heart jumping around inside my chest, and it is quite scary. I went to the Carnarvon hospital who contacted Cardiologists at Royal Perth Hospital, and they said to give me half of a Metoprolol, and every thing settled down almost instantly. I have been through the same exercise maybe 3 or 4 times over the last 14 years, and sorted it out myself, (some would say not a good idea) but, each time I get settled straight away.
It might be worth mentioning Metoprolol to your Doctor, tactfully of course as telling your Doc how to suck eggs is not always a good idea. The ball is in your court mate.
Simmo.
I might add that I had the By-Pass at age 62, and now at 75 I am cruising on my total engine rebuild, better than a 1938 Ford Vee 8.
I should have quoted the above but, late is better than never.
Simmo.
Simmo
I take sotalol morning and night to keep my heart in its rhythm so its probably similar to the stuff you are taking
Dragonfly1