13 YRS AGO AGE 70 HAD OCCLUSION INSERTED INTO HEART TO CLOSE HOLE BETWEEN CHAMBERS. 2 WKS LATER, 2 CUPS OF STRONG COFFEE AND WORKOUT, AFIB. SHOCKED OUT OF IT. TOOK ELIQUIS FOR ABOUT 5 YRS, CONSTANTLY TELLING DOC I WAS BLEEDING TOO EASILY. CHASING GUEESE IN MY WET YARD ON MY BIKE FELL, HEAD HIT GROUND HARD, 3 DAYS LATER SEVERE NAUSEA AND VERTIGO. INSIDE SKULL BLEED, PRESSURE ON BRAIN, I HADN'T TAKEN ELIQUIS IN 4 DAYS, MED STAFF ALL SAID BEST THING I DID, LIKELY PREVENTED SEVERE PROBLEM. DID NOT TAKE ANY MORE. 6 MTHS LATER TOLD DOC, SHE PUT MONITOR ON ME 2 WKS, AND ONCE SINCE, NO AFIB. TAKE ANY BLOOD THINNER ONLY IF ABSOLUTELY NEEDED.