Blood thinners question

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I should start by saying that I'm doing fine now. Almost a week ago I had an emergency angioplasty because of a blocked artery at about mid calf level (left). At first, it just seemed like a bad cramp, but quickly got worse and my leg and foot started to tingle, got numb, then cold and pale, ending with blue toes.

Here is my question, do any other mid/late 30s guys have any experience with blood thinners and there sexual side effects. I am getting hard, but not as hard or as often as before, I'm hoping this is a post surgery/hospital thing. What have other guys experiences been?

PS Hospital beds are way narrow and WAY short.
 

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Ian....I am glad you are well.
Certainly various meds in high doeses can effective your erection.
But you just got out of the hospital. Work with you doctor on proper med dosage as you recover. If you are seeing sexual side effects work with him or her to get you back to "stud" status.

Right now your focus is to be healthy and well!

Dan
 

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WOW HANG ON THERE Don't be suggesting taking asprin along side his blood thinners that could have VERY SERIOUS consequences. Yes asprin does thin the blood, but if anyone is on Anti-Coagulants (blood thiners) you never ever take asprin or anything containing asprin. The reason being it could thin the blood too much and cause internal bleeding. That is why Warfrin is used in rat poison, the vermin ingests a massive does and dies of internal bleeding, also takes it back to the nest and feeds their young.

Always work with your doctor on this issue, it is excellent life saving therapy, but needs to be monitored regularly by your doctor or anti-coagulant clinic at the hospital.

Members mean well but do be sure of your facts before posting any advice.

You have been lucky guy getting the treatment when you did, you will soon be back to normal Good Luck..
 
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You could just try taking aspirin on a daily basis it thins your blood out just enough but not to much like other blood thinners do
I suggest you discuss this with the MD treating you rather than people on the internet. This is especially true if the MD has prescribed medication.
 

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Yeah, safe to say don't listen to some jumped-up armchair doctor. But try not to worry about it. I did ask about this as a potential side effect, and this is not one of them.

Try not to cut yourself shaving though!:wink:
 

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My doctor put me on Plavix and Aspirin, so there are no almost no pain killers to take for migraines (which are rarer). Other than that, everything is working fine again. One odd side affect seems to be that my fingers, toes, ears, cock and balls are now pinker than before. The post sex darkening of my cock seems to last longer too. The doctor said it's normal and does happen to some guys.

I did get a small cut, on my finger, from a broken glass, a few days ago, the cut did stop bleeding from just pressing on it, but the blood was WAY "happy red" as apposed to the darker red it used to be.
 
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Ian, I had a blood clot in my leg about 2.5 years ago now (I was 42) and was on blood thinners for 6 months. I found in time that the my dick actually got harder when erect then it did before, but when I stopped using the blood thinners, my usual erection, which was always good too, returned. I was just advised not to do any aggressive sports, which I assumed would include pnp nights, lol.
 

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Yeah, that freaked me out...like cartoon blood!

I'm on warfarin and I have to keep my blood pretty thin, so if I cut myself it can take ages to heal. I was advised not to drink though, and after a number of years experimenting I've found this actually has relatively minimal effect on my levels. Consult your doctor on anything like this mind!

I won't be playing rugby again (lifelong meds sadly), but other than that I've found there's just no change in quality of life whatsoever. And certainly no problem getting hard.
 

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As far as aspirin goes, don't forget to tell your MD of your red wine intake. My husband just got a call from the blood monitoring people telling him to cut back on his thinners for a week. Everybody is different.