http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2009/03/27/what-is-life-like-on-coumadin/#comment-17697 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:53:57 +0000 http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgery-blog/2009/03/27/what-is-life-like-on-coumadin/#comment-17697 Unexpected Con. My husband was on coumadin for 4 years for AFib. He never had complications. However, one day at the office he fell and hit his back on the bookcase. There was no open wound where he hit the bookcase. At the time, we thought there was not a problem. But, we went to the doctor to make sure. They took an x-ray and there was internal bleeding. He was rushed to the hospital where he spent 5 days recovering from a pneumothorax. (Bleeding around the heart with a small tear at the base of one lung.) No one ever warned us in advance about the possibly of internal bleeding. Unexpected Con. My husband was on coumadin for 4 years for AFib. He never had complications. However, one day at the office he fell and hit his back on the bookcase. There was no open wound where he hit the bookcase. At the time, we thought there was not a problem. But, we went to the doctor to make sure.
They took an x-ray and there was internal bleeding. He was rushed to the hospital
where he spent 5 days recovering from a pneumothorax. (Bleeding around the heart with a small tear at the base of one lung.) No one ever warned us in advance about the possibly of internal bleeding.

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