My name is Paul. I am 72 years old, and was diagnosed with

atrium fibrillation in 2007. The doctors put me on warfarin

 to thin the blood and help reduce the risk of getting a

 stroke. Trouble was however that I had been treated the

 previous year for prostate cancer and while I got the all

 clear in relation to the cancer the procedure used gave rise

 to radiation proctitus causing severe bleeding for a number

 of months.

All was well enough again until I was put on the

 warfarin last year and the bleeding recommenced. The doctors

 took me off the warfarin temporarily in June and a short time

 later I suffered from a minor stroke (fortunately no serious

 damage). I was put back on the warfarin immediately and the

 bleeding started  big time again.

Problem is I am now told

 that I must stay on the warfarin if I am to avoid another and

 possibly more serious stroke. This seems to be presenting the

 medics with a very real dilemma because the warfarin is

 clearly aggravating the earlier bowel damage caused by the

 radiation and they simply have no answers except to give me

 blood transfusions should the need arise. I am constantly

 losing blood which leaves me feeling weak and debilitated

 with little or no appetite for food.

 Needless to say I am desperately looking for some kind of

 remedy to my present predicament and wonder if there are

 other prople out there who have gone through similar

 experiences and who may be able to point me in a particular

 direction. Goes without saying I would be most grateful for

 any helpful advice on a possible way forward be it through