The gloves are off…..!!!

June 10, 2015

The gloves are off…..!!! At last! Summer may actually be reaching us.  I can’t believe it is the middle of June and this is the first day that I didn’t wear my gloves in the morning when walking the dog.  It’s been a combination of the strange cold weather we...

Launch day… Eat On Warfarin is live!

May 18, 2015

Launch day… Eat On Warfarin is live! Today Eat On Warfarin has gone live. The first book ‘Warfarin – an easy to follow guide from a patient’s perspective’ has been launched on Amazon and is available in paperback and Kindle.  Our website (mark 1) has also gone live. ...

Fifteen and fasting?

April 24, 2015

Fifteen and fasting? Yup, my dose of warfarin was raised to 15mg per day today. Wow!  My INR result in the last month has been around 2.6 but today it was 2.2.  I have been playing around with my diet a bit recently. Sometimes, I struggle with the 5:2 fasting diet...

Passport – check, Euros – check, INR – oops!

March 11, 2015

That’s me all ready for jetting off on holiday tomorrow. Back to see everyone at the Fortina Spa resort.  They helped me so much when I had the stroke while staying there.  They know us so well now that we are almost family. It all started off years ago when a few of...

It’s here, the letter has arrived…

February 24, 2015

At last I have my letter from Professor Khamashta explaining that I will get symptoms when my INR is low. So I have it confirmed – it is normal to get APS symptoms when INR is low!  So I took it into the docs today.  He is happy to work with this and increase my...

Drama queen……..

February 22, 2015

Oh dear, my head seems to be on overdrive at the moment. I keep getting really dramatic thoughts! I called my mentor, Martin, to see if I could have a session with him to try and address this.  I explained that it’s really weird but everything I think about has a...

Lucky for some…

February 13, 2015

Who says Friday 13th is unlucky?  Well, I was born on Friday 13th and I think it was the luckiest day ever (other people’s opinions may differ, chuckle).  So you can probably understand why I don’t get hung up on superstitious things. So, phoning on Friday 13th to set...

Phew, thank you – I’m not mad!

January 29, 2015

Phew, thank you – I’m not mad! I’m back down in London again. It’s been great to catch up with a few folk and get some appointments made.  I had also arranged to see Professor Khamashta at London Bridge Hospital again.  It’s been a year since I originally saw him so I...

It’s all in my head…

December 16, 2014

It’s all in my head… That’s pretty much what I’ve been told today by a haematologist. I had my check-up appointment today with the haematology department at the local hospital. They have been keeping a close eye on my treatment and my own doctor consults with them...

I don’t belieeeeeeeeve it???

October 31, 2014

I don’t belieeeeeeeeve it??? Wow, my INR has gone up to 3.0, at last! My therapeutic range is between 2.5 and 3.5 so for the first time in so long it’s bang in the middle.  I know I feel so much better for it.  So how did that happen? Well… My fabulous colleague...