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Originally Posted by stevestrat
OK, went to the medical day case ward 8:30 yesterday, hung about for 90 mins or so then taken into the ward. Went through the pre procedure checks, 101 dumb questions, got them right and won a wristband! Got handed another information sheet, reading it, mentioned aspirin . . . . err, excuse me, I'm on daily aspirin and nobody mentioned stopping it!
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That's odd, my kidney biopsy leaflet mentions stopping taking aspirin, clopidogrel and Wafarin, some days before the op.. These thin the blood and hep prevent clotting. The blood does need to clot after an op.. I'm not on any of those, I was on aspirin, but advised to stop taking the aspirin after my oesophagus bleed last August - no one has suggested restarting taking them.