Guest guest Posted May 26, 2004 Report Share Posted May 26, 2004 In your case Al, since your blood counts are so low, perhaps that's a wise decision. Should you start bleeding for some reason, you probably can't afford to lose a lot of blood . This is a real danger as Al has stated. I remember my mother taking lots of aspirin and pain killers for her arthritis. It gave her bleeding ulcers in her old age and she was even hospitalized once for that. The " cure " was almost as bad as the illness. During the last few days of her life, she was hemorraging, no doubt from the damage done to her stomach/intestines from the painkillers over the years. It was hard on us who were caring for her at home (with the help of hospice). I'm trying to straddle both sides of the aspirin fence by taking a baby aspirin (small dose) and enteric coated (which supposedly reduces the damage done to your insides). I hope that's the best course of action for me. Aspirin seems to do so many wonderful things (helps prevent many cancers, as well as heart disease and Alzheimer's) that I don't want to miss the benefits. Al wrote: Do we take aspirin or not? I have opted for reducing the risk of bleeding, stroke and other hemorrhaging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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