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05-31-22, 07:23 PM
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Last Thursday I went to a cardiologist in my network to get clearance to stop taking coumadin in advance of a diagnostic procedure and to manage/monitor my blood thinner level. During the appointment she said that since I was at a low risk, a 1 out of 5, I could just take aspirin. I was told by my original, now out of network cardiologist, that i was a 1 out of 5 right after I had my incident in January 2021. That being the case, why wasn't I given that option of aspirin then? This is just another case of corruption/incompetence/indifference that infuriates me. I've been going through hell trying to get the correct dose and wasting an hour and a half for my weekly blood draw. There is such a long list of screw ups that it's hard to believe.
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05-31-22, 07:44 PM
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Last Thursday I went to a cardiologist in my network to get clearance to stop taking coumadin in advance of a diagnostic procedure and to manage/monitor my blood thinner level. During the appointment she said that since I was at a low risk, a 1 out of 5, I could just take aspirin. I was told by my original, now out of network cardiologist, that i was a 1 out of 5 right after I had my incident in January 2021. That being the case, why wasn't I given that option of aspirin then? This is just another case of corruption/incompetence/indifference that infuriates me. I've been going through hell trying to get the correct dose and wasting an hour and a half for my weekly blood draw. There is such a long list of screw ups that it's hard to believe.
#RampantDysfunction
#RatBastards
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05-31-22, 07:44 PM
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05-31-22, 07:46 PM
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I had a PSMA scan today. Technician wanted me to be able to hold my arms above my head, without moving, for 30 mins during the scan. There’s no way my arms would have lasted more than 10 minutes without falling asleep and going numb. We used the alternate arm position instead.
Last week I had an abdominal aorta ultrasound, last month it was a colonoscopy, tomorrow I visit my ophthalmologist.
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Last week I had an abdominal aorta ultrasound, last month it was a colonoscopy, tomorrow I visit my ophthalmologist.
#roughpatch
05-31-22, 08:48 PM
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05-31-22, 08:55 PM
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Klaatu..Verata..Necktie?
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I wonder if you would like Green River Cove. 17 switchbacks at 7.5% average but the turns are generally in the mid to high teens percentage wise.
There's also Kings Mountain...
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05-31-22, 08:57 PM
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But eventually you get to stop pedaling for a bit.
05-31-22, 09:04 PM
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Like the guy who was hitting himself in the head with a rock. Someone asks, "Why do you do that?"
He replies, "Because it feels so good when I stop!"
He replies, "Because it feels so good when I stop!"
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05-31-22, 11:02 PM
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cowboy, steel horse, etc
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Timberline is my favorite. I guess we're wusses posting these Cat 2 climbs 
https://www.strava.com/segments/24446276
https://www.strava.com/segments/24446276
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05-31-22, 11:26 PM
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Awww, no 4th of July fireworks at the Diamondbacks game 
https://arizonasports.com/story/3161...ireworks-show/
https://arizonasports.com/story/3161...ireworks-show/
06-01-22, 03:02 AM
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06-01-22, 03:59 AM
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06-01-22, 04:07 AM
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Good start to the morning.
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06-01-22, 04:41 AM
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06-01-22, 05:21 AM
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Or here…
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I blame the anticholinergic thingies.
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I blame the anticholinergic thingies.
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06-01-22, 05:34 AM
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Last Thursday I went to a cardiologist in my network to get clearance to stop taking coumadin in advance of a diagnostic procedure and to manage/monitor my blood thinner level. During the appointment she said that since I was at a low risk, a 1 out of 5, I could just take aspirin. I was told by my original, now out of network cardiologist, that i was a 1 out of 5 right after I had my incident in January 2021. That being the case, why wasn't I given that option of aspirin then? This is just another case of corruption/incompetence/indifference that infuriates me. I've been going through hell trying to get the correct dose and wasting an hour and a half for my weekly blood draw. There is such a long list of screw ups that it's hard to believe.
#RampantDysfunction
#RatBastards
#RampantDysfunction
#RatBastards
If your doctors are super-old fashioned they are going by the now outdated CHADS score. You may want to ask more. The newer blood thinners, especially Eliquis, seem to be much safer than the old fashioned rat poison, and do NOT need periodic blood tests. But they are quite expensive, so if you have a stingy drug benefit and have the option to be on warfarin or not, the scale might actually tip towards NOT taking it.
06-01-22, 06:08 AM
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Last Thursday I went to a cardiologist in my network to get clearance to stop taking coumadin in advance of a diagnostic procedure and to manage/monitor my blood thinner level. During the appointment she said that since I was at a low risk, a 1 out of 5, I could just take aspirin. I was told by my original, now out of network cardiologist, that i was a 1 out of 5 right after I had my incident in January 2021. That being the case, why wasn't I given that option of aspirin then? This is just another case of corruption/incompetence/indifference that infuriates me. I've been going through hell trying to get the correct dose and wasting an hour and a half for my weekly blood draw. There is such a long list of screw ups that it's hard to believe.
#RampantDysfunction
#RatBastards
#RampantDysfunction
#RatBastards
06-01-22, 06:09 AM
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06-01-22, 06:23 AM
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Oh my.
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06-01-22, 06:29 AM
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06-01-22, 06:37 AM
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06-01-22, 06:39 AM
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I went to see John Hiatt in Ashland Kentucky years ago. The venue was not up to snuff with the Knoxville one. But I enjoyed the concert more than I would enjoy McCartney. I'm one of the few, apparently, who never thought much of his music. Even as a teenager in the sixties.
06-01-22, 06:40 AM
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Sad!
06-01-22, 06:44 AM
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