Yesterday I had an appt with the Doctor in the Haematology Department at Southampton Hospital regarding the management of coagulation when (eventually!) I get to having my open-heart op. What he said was totally unexpected! It seems that more recent studies on Leiden Factor V (blood clotting factor) have shown that it is not involved in heart attacks or strokes and that it is involved only with the venous system and deep vein thrombosis. Well, you could have knocked me down with a feather!! I've been taking warfarin for nearly 12 years now and the recommendation is that I stop taking it! This would certainly make life easier for the Surgeon. I might have to take warfarin afterwards, but that would be for different reasons.
A bit further on in the conversation, I realised why he had sounded rather cautious at first, since I suppose some patients might have reacted with something like, 'Oh, no, I couldn't do that!' When I first went on warfarin, because of the LF5, it had been prescribed by the then Haematologist who had been very puzzled why a healthy person like myself had had vein occlusions in both eyes, so when she extended her research and found that I, and therefore other members of the family, had Leiden Factor V, she said to stop the blood dilution, which had been recommended by St Thomas's Hospital because they hadn't been able to find a reason for eye problem, and go on warfarin permanently.
I think the whole thing was so very interesting, but I'm still trying to get my head round all this, and would be most interested to hear any opinions people here may have.
As to the question of my eyes, I'd had the problem (a series of four or five events, not a deterioration, starting when I was mid-30s, so what did he think was the cause, I asked. Answer is a 'don't know'!
ETA for spelling of venous!
A bit further on in the conversation, I realised why he had sounded rather cautious at first, since I suppose some patients might have reacted with something like, 'Oh, no, I couldn't do that!' When I first went on warfarin, because of the LF5, it had been prescribed by the then Haematologist who had been very puzzled why a healthy person like myself had had vein occlusions in both eyes, so when she extended her research and found that I, and therefore other members of the family, had Leiden Factor V, she said to stop the blood dilution, which had been recommended by St Thomas's Hospital because they hadn't been able to find a reason for eye problem, and go on warfarin permanently.
I think the whole thing was so very interesting, but I'm still trying to get my head round all this, and would be most interested to hear any opinions people here may have.
As to the question of my eyes, I'd had the problem (a series of four or five events, not a deterioration, starting when I was mid-30s, so what did he think was the cause, I asked. Answer is a 'don't know'!
ETA for spelling of venous!
via JREF Forum http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?t=262616&goto=newpost
Aucun commentaire:
Enregistrer un commentaire