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House settlement finalised mid August -moved into local C/park as we  had a few medical appointments to deal with then off on the great adventure. But still here at Kelmscott, with Barry back in hospital today - clots on both lungs - 3rd hospital admission since 24/8. so looks like we'll be here a bit longer

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Cripes Jenny,

Hope Barry will be ok and you can get on the road soon, we will all be thinking of you both.

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I hope Barry will be ok hon.. will be thinking of you



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Hang in there girl. Look after the man, and away you go. Look after yourself so you can look after him, so he can look after you.
All the best to you both.

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Hi Jenny, can only hope all goes well for Barry, fingers crossed, send you both our best wishes.

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Best wishes to you both, hang in there, your luck has to change soon!

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That is not good news. What is the reason for the clots? I am curious because the driver had clotting episodes after both his hip replacements. After the most recent episode - 2009/10 - he is permanently on anti-clotting medication, which complicates travel a bit. However, it is do-able.
Good luck!

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Hi Jenny and Barry....
Sorry to hear of your setback.
Hope that your luck improves and that you will soon be on the road.
Lots of hugs going your way. smile 



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That is bad luck, I do hope Barry is on the mend soon. All the best to both of you.

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Hope all is well soon - keep your chin up!

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Hey, hope all is well soon.



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Qoute: Wendyv :That is not good news. What is the reason for the clots? I am curious because the driver had clotting episodes after both his hip replacements. After the most recent episode - 2009/10 - he is permanently on anti-clotting medication, which complicates travel a bit. However, it is do-able.
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thanks Wendy- yes he has been on warfarin for 7 yrs  and has just had shoulder surgery but Dr's now doing lots of tests to get to the reason for the clots despite the medication regime - they think the warfarin is not working despite high doses

cheers Jenny



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am blown away by the support messages from everyone - the forum really is like a family.

Our troubles are small bickies compaired to some but its lovely to know people care.

Thanks all - Jenny

 



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One would not expect the clotting issue on Warfarin, that's for sure. Did the shoulder surgery require cutting of bones? That seems to be what sets the driver off - leg bones at least. Hopefully, not others, since he's just had bypass surgery!

There is a new anti-clotting drug that is currently on limited availability; the substance is called dabigitran, one brand name for it is Pradaxa. I know about it because the driver took part in a clinical trial of it last year, instead of being on warfarin. Maybe if the warfarin is not working, your doctor might be able to find out about that as an alternative.



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good luck Jenny and Barry.

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Best wishes and hope you find a good solution that will enable oyu to be on the road.

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Hi Jenny & Barry
Best wishes to both of you, hope it all sorts out soon. Will try and catch up with you both soon. Take care.

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Hope you get the right solution soon Jenny and Barry.  Thinking of you.

Cheers,

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oh i hope it all works out well for you and you get on the road safely and have a wonderful trip xx thinking of you

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wendyv wrote:

One would not expect the clotting issue on Warfarin, that's for sure. Did the shoulder surgery require cutting of bones? That seems to be what sets the driver off - leg bones at least. Hopefully, not others, since he's just had bypass surgery!

There is a new anti-clotting drug that is currently on limited availability; the substance is called dabigitran, one brand name for it is Pradaxa. I know about it because the driver took part in a clinical trial of it last year, instead of being on warfarin. Maybe if the warfarin is not working, your doctor might be able to find out about that as an alternative.

 If you can't get onto a drug program through your cardiologist or gp Pradaxa is $150 per month as it is not on PBS yet.  I'm on it thank goodness - there are no INR blood tests with Pradaxa.



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thanks everyone for you good wishes and kind thoughts. Barry came home Friday night and is much better - still a month or so off leaving Perth so hope to catch up with some of you at Dwellingup in a fortnight

cheers Jenny



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Great news, just take it easy and regroup and recover, tell him not to rush it.

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