Wow - who would have thought that? You think of folks living their entire lives at high altitude and what incredible aerobic machines they must be, but there's generally a downside to everything.
wagga, I feel for you bud. In a previous life - like 1975-1979 - I was working my way through college as a pharmacy technician, and I recall hearing horror stories from patients on Coumadin. Nasty stuff, and far too often a lifelong regimen. Classic case of the cure being almost as bad as the disease. I remember one patient telling me that she only brushed her teeth twice a week or so 'cuz she bled from the gums for hours afterwards.