Myself being 52 years old and been a firefighter/EMT in the Central Florida area for the past 30 years, I've ran many a incident involving people who are post-op or a person on a blood thinner due to A-Fib. This is my own personal opinion about riding a motorcycle and being on blood thinners, ride for you and live your life for today, tomorrow may not be here for any of us, so live and ride while you still can. Joan Baez said it best, "You cannot decide how or when you will die, you can only choose how you will live today"

 

I am on blood thinners and will be for the rest of my life. I don’t worry about bleeding out. The biggest worry is getting hit on the head and bleed internally. I wear a helmet to protect my head. Other than that live like like normal and enjoy the ride.

 

I was at my Surgeons office this week and we talked about blood thinners. He is one Super Surgeon and just all around good guy - he is 75 and rides - in fact just bought a new 2017 Harley... When I ask him about this - he said, well - I am on blood thinners and I ride. He then said, my friends think I am crazy but I love to ride.. So there ya go...

 

My wife has had two open heart surgeries and is on blood thinners for the rest of her life due to a mechanical heart valve. She rides as a passenger with me all the time.

 

I'm 70, just had an angioplasty and a stent put in. Doc prescribed blood thinners. Planning on a 10 day ride starting next week. I plan on living until I die, not just existing.

 

I be dead if I rode without them. Besides dying on a bike is the way I want to go out.

 

 

3 heart attacks. One death. One revival. Lol. Pacemaker and Defibrillator. I'm riding. If the defibrillator had any instances of going off I'd get a trike. But me one doc thinks it was overkill. Been in for 6 years. Never an issue. Knock on wood.

I lift heavy weights, ride my bike. Basically I am living my life. I'm ok with dying while living. But not couch bound scared. That's not living. But we all have our limits. So YMMV.

 

please someone get rid of this post. Live to ride!

 

Was in the hospital for 2 pulmonary edemas, blood clots in the lungs one each. just a month ago. A deadly combination. Now on warfrin. Am I still going to ride, damn right I am. When it is my time it's my time, whether I am in bed or on the bike.

Tim