INR downs and ups!!

When i last wrote here my INR went down from 2 to 1.7 and a week later to my horror it went down again, to 1.3 so nearly back to the starting point!! I was gutted, and the dose went daft and confusing. On one day i would take 5.5mg and the alternate day i would take 6mg and so on, and it must of worked, as i had my bloodtest yesterday and it bloody hurt loads and i bleed heaps (good signs they are) and it was right, i was hoping for 1.7 or up to 2, but i hit 2.7 Whoohoo!!!! So my dose is staying the same as the 5.5mg and 6mg alternating days. Thank goodness it went up.
Been on the Wii loads doing exercises on the balance board as the PhysioTherapists said i could. I put a chair behind the board to sit on and we re-calibrated the board so it could be super sensitive and i could use without standing, and going over the half weight bear on the one leg. Perfect, and it never actually feels like exercising and you do it for longer as your not so bored either. The only tell tale signs of actual exercising the joints is being worn out the next day and aching loads, so you realise you did more than you thought.

Bit peeved that i've been signed off from the physiotherapists really as i have no-one to bounce ideas off, or to question and make sure i'm doing the exercises correctly and not causing more damage to myself. But then Rich is happy we aren't doing the drive of hell to Birmingham every week, as somehow a 40 min journey has been taking us the better part of 2 hours each way for a 30 min appointment.

Been making lots and lots of jewellery this half term, and i've managed to forget the hip a few times too, which lets face it is a rare thing to do. I've managed really well going down to one crutch occasionally in the house, only do it a tiny bit per day so my posture is poker straight and i can walk correctly. As once i'm tired i get sloppy and lean and limp, things that can hinder the recovery. So better to do it in small doses, and i move way faster on 2 crutches so at least i'm more confident. But Rich does warn me of being too confident especially when i'm out and about. I've never had my crutches kicked so much, You'd think they would give me a wide berth seeing my crutches, but no they like to try and cut me up!!!

All in all the recovery is going well, just very very slowly. Next appointment is 27th April and hopefully then i will get to go down in crutches and be more successful. To help with my bone healing i'm wearing some Howlite gemstone earrings, so lets see if it will work?!