Sunday, September 17, 2006
Stop the Aspirin.....Stop the Aspirin.............
is what my surgeon said when preparing me for my biopsy. He would not do the biopsy for seven days because the aspirin I had been taking every day for my health had to "get out of" my blood. Heart doctors want blood that will not clot; surgeons, blood that clot. If I had been told this when my problem first started (and there was a high probability of having a biopsy}, I could have had the biopsy a week sooner! And not had a long....long...week of NOT KNOWING. Pass word on...if there is a possibility of surgery.....stop the aspin...save uncertainly..it ain't good!
is what my surgeon said when preparing me for my biopsy. He would not do the biopsy for seven days because the aspirin I had been taking every day for my health had to "get out of" my blood. Heart doctors want blood that will not clot; surgeons, blood that clot. If I had been told this when my problem first started (and there was a high probability of having a biopsy}, I could have had the biopsy a week sooner! And not had a long....long...week of NOT KNOWING. Pass word on...if there is a possibility of surgery.....stop the aspin...save uncertainly..it ain't good!
