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Blood thinners and biopsy

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ILikeBeansWithKetchup · 06/09/2025 10:37

Hello

DH is getting such conflicting advice about his warfarin and is enormously stressed so I was hopeful a nurse or an expert might be lurking about who knows their stuff because at the moment everyone at the hospital keeps contradicting each other. It's frustrating because no one person seems to be in charge.

He is on Warfarin . He stopped it before a prostate biopsy and took tinzaparin bridging injections.

When he was discharged there was nothing in his noted about restarting warfarin so he asked and he had answers ranging from 'start tonight' to' don't start til tomorrow' , 'keep injecting' . don't inject' and everything in between.

He had the biopsy on Weds. He has phoned urology, anti coagulation and got all these different answers.

His urine remains red wine red so obviously he's concerned and preoccupied. He had a biopsy about two years ago and got clearer advice.

I really have never understood blood thinners.

Can anyone help? I might not have been very clear so please ask questions. He could do without this additional stress.

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Greybeardy · 06/09/2025 11:34

Depends why he’s on it/if he’s still using the tinz/how much haematuria they’re expecting/what his haemoglobin is etc etc. The anticoag. clinic are probs the best people to advise but need to know about the haematuria etc - it needs to be someone who knows his history not someone here who advises.

ILikeBeansWithKetchup · 06/09/2025 12:06

The anti coagulation clinic weren't actually all that helpful and actually seemed cross he had phoned as they seemed to think urology should have told him what to do.He doesn't normally attend a clinic per se, just regular blood tests, and doesn't have a specific consultant in charge of this aspect.

He is on Warfarin because he has a replacement heart valve.

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ILikeBeansWithKetchup · 06/09/2025 12:07

Yes, he is still using the tinzaparin .

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ILikeBeansWithKetchup · 06/09/2025 12:08

I know it needs to be someone who knows his history but therein lies the problem. Such poor communication to the patient and between departments!

His discharge notes didn't even have Warfarin on them.

They also didn't really explain how much bleeding to expect.

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