Hi, I'm hoping to find someone else who was on blood thinners prior to surgery. I'm on blood thinners for life due to prior clotting and I have some questions for anyone else whom is also and is willing to chat about it.

1 hour ago, Sparker7 said:

hoping to find someone else who was on blood thinners prior to surgery

Me ... Apixaban (Eloquis) 5mg at 6am & 5mg at 6pm daily.

The anaesthetist asked me to suspend it from 3.5 days before op until 1.5 days after op.

All back to normal now 22 days post-op.

Thank you for this post. I too am taking blood thinners from clots after foot surgery on one foot a year later with another on the other foot with a torn achilles. This makes me so nervous because I do not want to experience another clot from surgery. I'm hopeful and trust the doctors advice moving forward. I have surgery December 18 and I can't wait, but extremely nervous and scared a little. We'll all make it out just fine. Good luck to you.

Thank you both for replying. I take warfarin and my last dose was the 30th with surgery on the 4th. I've been having excessive bleeding, so now I'm sitting in the lab waiting for blood work to determine why. I'm concerned about postponement and really hope it isn't necessary. My hematologist had me take a fondaparinux injection on the first and that's when the bleeding became excessive, so she had me not take one yesterday and I was already not supposed to take one today. I'm very nervous about the outcome as I sit here in the lab. It doesn't look like either of you have had complications so far. Hopefully this is just a tiny bump in the road for me and not a complication.