I feel about 3/4 of the way back to my original lung capacity. It's to the point where I don't notice myself becoming short of breath doing everyday activities. Now I have to work on getting my muscles back into shape: I did a couple inside crescent spinning outside inside kicks on each leg and could barely get out of bed the next day. Honestly, I didn't fully understand how beneficial kung fu is for my body until I had to stop training.
My INR is now too low at 1.5 on the 6mg for some reason or another. So I'm up to 6.5 mg daily and still have to get blood taken every week. I'm almost at my breaking point with the blood work. Never have I been a squeamish person; on the contrary I think that stuff is neat. So while I was in the hospital I had blood drawn 4 or 5 times. Not a problem. I gave myself subcutaneous injections twice a day for 3 weeks. Not a problem either. While first starting warfarin I had my blood taken every 3 days for about two weeks. It became progressively more difficult for the techs to find a vein and successfully obtain a sample. This is definitely NOT something that gets easier the more you do it. I've almost passed out 3 times, and they usually need to poke and dig around at least 4 times to find a decent vein. It is a real confidence killer, especially when I consider myself fairly resilient and leave the lab almost in tears.
Other than the warfarin being temperamental, I'm feeling well. And about time too. Expect another blog from me in the next couple of days.
Sihing Karissa Martin
Silent River Kung Fu
Stony Plain, AB
