Carol
There are natural blood thinners that do not have side effects. Look in the phone book in the white pages and find a Shaklee dealer. If that person is knowledgable about how nutritional supplements work, you can obtain them from that person, if they are not knowleddgable, give me a note back here and I will help you. I just thought you might want to deal with someone near your home. I live in S. C.