SteveB wrote:
> "Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>> "Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
>>>> I downloaded the USDA nutrition guide and I check for vitamin K content
>>>> on things I'm not familiar with.
>>>>
>>> I have two PDF files of the vitamin K of most any food. One is in
>>> alphabetical order, the other by contend, descending order. Each is about
>>> 160kb. Email me if you want a copy of them.
>>>
>>>
>> Thank you. I will
>>
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>> Janet Wilder
>> Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
>> Good Friends. Good Life
>
> But Janet, I thought you said your husband's cardiologist said he could eat
> anything. Now I am confused.

He did. DH gets his INR checked about every 3 weeks. I know by now what
stuff to feed DH so that the adjustments aren't big or even at all. I
check the USDA release for new stuff that I don't know about so I can
tell the doc if he ate something specific that week and won't be eating
it again. Then the doctor has the info before the adjustment.

The key is consistency in the diet so the adjustments don't have to be
large. Most of the time there aren't any adjustments. We eat green salad
every night, spinach and Brussels sprouts once a month and green cabbage
(either cooked or raw in salad) once a week. His dosage reflects this.

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Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life

"Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
>
> He did. DH gets his INR checked about every 3 weeks. I know by now what
> stuff to feed DH so that the adjustments aren't big or even at all. I
> check the USDA release for new stuff that I don't know about so I can tell
> the doc if he ate something specific that week and won't be eating it
> again. Then the doctor has the info before the adjustment.

If everything is good, 4 weeks is max. Our healthcare provider has a
coumadin clinic that takes care of the doses and changes after each test.
The other factor is what range the doctor wants you to be in. Most are
between 2.0 and 3.0. My wife has to be in 2.5 and 3.0 so it is a bit
tougher to dial in the dose. She went last Wednesday an had a nose bleed on
Thursday so she has to go again tomorrow. I wish they'd get her a meter so
we did not have to go to the lab every time.