[Artemisia] Blood clots, PE and clotting disorders

[K Ice]

Greetings all,

I had the exact same thing happen to me on September 29, 2004. I developed 
DVT in my left leg and the clots traveled through my heart and showered into 
both of my lungs, resulting in a double pulmonary embolism. The scary thing 
is that I was very active. After 2 weeks in the hospital, mostly time spent 
in the ICU, the Doctors were still very confused as to why I had this 
happen. However, recent extensive blood work (2 weeks ago) showed that I 
have a clotting disorder that I was born with. This led to the DVT and PE, 
and to me having to take special precautions and medication the rest of my 
life, as I still have clots in my leg.

My leg had been hurting for 2 weeks prior to the PE and I had been to the 
Dr. twice. They told me it was muscle strain. I should have insisted it was 
more than that before I ended up in the ambulance that day with a PE.

So I guess my point is that although DVT is mostly caused by inactivity and 
sitting too long for extended periods of time, it can also be caused by 
clotting disorders that people may be completely unaware of that they have, 
as I was.

In Service,

Baroness Katya



>From: Richard Samul <scascot at mac.com>
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>Subject: Re: [Artemisia] Fwd: [KC] In memory of a dear friend
>Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2006 18:44:13 -0700
>
>And I don't normally echo advice, but I will in this case.
>
>A couple of years ago, my dear wife wound up in the hospital with  deep 
>vein thrombosis (DVT,  a blood clot in the veins of the leg  caused by 
>sitting too much) and a double pulmonary embolism -  basically, the clot 
>broke free, and wound up plugging the blood  vessels in her lungs, reducing 
>her lung capacity and ability to  breathe. She recovered with treatment, 
>after a week in the hospital.  As a result, she is now more prone to 
>pneumonia and the flu. The  scary part is that either one of those clots 
>could have bypassed her  lungs and gone to her brain.
>
>Invest in software, put a timer in your car, do whatever it takes,  but 
>don't just sit there for hours on end.