[SuziQ]

Well, I developed heart palpitations on Friday, dagnabit! I waited all day to see if they'd subside, but they didn't. The Doc had told me that if this happened, I should take some Warfarin after 24 hours. I didn't think I had any Warfarin left from before, so on Saturday, I took an Aspirin. I hadn't taken any Aspirin for the previous 7 days, because I was planning to have a colonoscopy done tomorrow. Anyway, I called to get the Warfarin refilled, and SirKit went to pick it up Sun. afternoon. I took one about 3, and before I went to bed last night, I was back into normal rhythm!

I'm fixing to call the Cardologist, but I'm waiting to hear back from the Doc about re-scheduling the colonoscopy. What's strange is that the Doc doing mine requires 10 days without aspirin before the procedure, but SirKit's Doc didn't have any such restriction! What's even more strange is that though they restrict aspirin for 10 days, they say to stop Coumadin only three days before the procedure. That doesn't make any sense to me, because I thought Coumadin was a much stronger blood thinner than regular aspirin. I don't know if not having the aspirin for that length of time had anything to do with the irregular heart rate, but I'm going to ask if I can do just 5 days without aspirin next time, just in case.

[2Jedismom]

The only thing I can think of is that coumadin isn’t hard on the gastrointestinal system as aspirin is. Aspirin is an acid and causes irritation. They may be trying to avoid a false positive biopsy or something...maybe?

I don’t know for sure.

Shucks about the palpitations though!!

[Corin Stormhands]

ohfercryinoutloud...

We just need to get the two of you straightened out.

[Corin Stormhands]

ohfercryinoutloud...

We just need to get the two of you straightened out.