[Artemisia] Blood clots, PE and clotting disorders

[Sondra Gibson]

That's certainly scary!  Glad you survived!  Keep taking those meds!  ;-)

Gefjon

> -----Original Message-----
> From: artemisia-bounces at lists.gallowglass.org
> [mailto:artemisia-bounces at lists.gallowglass.org]On Behalf Of K Ice
> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2006 11:17 AM
> To: artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org
> Subject: Re: [Artemisia] Blood clots, PE and clotting disorders
> 
> 
> 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>
> >Reply-To: Kingdom of Artemisia mailing list 
> ><artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org>
> >To: Kingdom of Artemisia mailing list 
> <artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org>
> >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.
> 
> 
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