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Hi Pelegrín,
So if I contacted the Centro de Salud a day or two before I arrived I might be able to get a test? I have noticed that most towns of any size have a C de S.
As to paying, that’s not an issue, any idea of cost?
Thanks for your swift reply, luckily I have some time to plan, I intend to start walking at the south coast, then via Salamanca, onto the Torres.
Regards
George
Hi Pelegrín,
So if I contacted the Centro de Salud a day or two before I arrived I might be able to get a test? I have noticed that most towns of any size have a C de S.
As to paying, that’s not an issue, any idea of cost?
Thanks for your swift reply, luckily I have some time to plan, I intend to start walking at the south coast, then via Salamanca, onto the Torres.
Regards
George
No I think it is not posible to make an appointment in a C.S. if you don´t have any Seguridad Social card.
If you do like @LTfit just showing up then you may need a good level in Spanish to explain what you need at the office and another problem would be how to charge you directly (credit card or money). Probably they would send you a bill at home but I don´t know if that is possible for a C.S.
Be prepared to probably spend a long time at the C.S. and if at the office they don´t understand what a INR test is, then tell them :
"Necesito control del Sintrom" (that is the medicine taken in Spain).
Thanks everyone for replying, I like to think I may just go with the Centro de Salud option, however family pressure may make the purchase of a tester a Camino condition, coagucheck have them on sale at £299, plus about £70 for 24 test strips.
I have to take warfarin because just having returned from walking the Mozarabe from Almeria in June 2017 I had a DVT in my right calf but didn’t recognise the symptoms, put the swollen calf and pain down to a muscle pull or something, a post Camino injury, stupidly took a couple of painkillers and decided to “walk it off” That didn’t work! spent the next couple of weeks in hospital having suffered a major PE.
My consultant told me I was “lucky” and if I hadn’t been as fit as I was then there could have been a different outcome, so maybe the Camino saved my life!
Regards
George
Hola GeorgeThanks everyone for replying, I like to think I may just go with the Centro de Salud option, however family pressure may make the purchase of a tester a Camino condition, coagucheck have them on sale at £299, plus about £70 for 24 test strips.
I have to take warfarin because just having returned from walking the Mozarabe from Almeria in June 2017 I had a DVT in my right calf but didn’t recognise the symptoms, put the swollen calf and pain down to a muscle pull or something, a post Camino injury, stupidly took a couple of painkillers and decided to “walk it off” That didn’t work! spent the next couple of weeks in hospital having suffered a major PE.
My consultant told me I was “lucky” and if I hadn’t been as fit as I was then there could have been a different outcome, so maybe the Camino saved my life!
Regards
George
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