Life DOES go on after DVT

Flying?

Annemarie — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:47:12 GMT

Hi guys

Do you know if it is safe to fly. I am on the Warfarin 2 and half months now, since PE and DVT. We want to go on holiday and need to fly - only 2 hours flight.

Hope to hear from you soon.

Newbie with a DVT and FVL

Jen — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:09:32 GMT

Hi everyone! I'm another newbie that has happened on to this wonderfully supportive and informative board. My name is Jen, I'm 27 and live in Eastern PA. Here is my little story . .

on June 29th, 2008 I went in to the ER for what I thought may have been a tick bite on my stomach. I also noted that I had had cramping in my lower right leg. The ER Dr decided the 'bite' was nothing more than dermatitis but was concerned about my leg. The following Monday I had a doppler done on both legs ...

My story...

dero — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 22:19:06 GMT

A long read but there are no other ways to do it, you can not condense this.

The begining, why me???

To start off, some may know me as dero or Denis, I'm a 47 year old male, in pretty good physical shape and yes, this past july (2007) for no apparent reasons I have develloped a blood clot in my right leg. Two weeks prior to this, I suffered a gastrocnemius strain (diagnosed at a sport clinic) due to a hyperextension of my right calf and other muscles( my Dr. at the TAT unit ASSURED ...

DVT Diary from Vancouver, BC

brendablackburn — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:10:15 GMT

Hi everyone,

I am sad to be here, yet happy to find you!

Newly diagnosed, my story/diary (from Fri. to now) is this:

I'm 41, looking and feeling healthy and vibrant. I woke up one day to pain in the back of my lower right leg. It felt like pain throughout my leg, and at the time I couldn't tell exactly where it was coming from. But I wrote it off to having slept on it wrong, or perhaps bizarrely pulling a muscle in my sleep. I carried on with life, although I babied my leg ...

Red Bull And DVT

DVT — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:28:44 GMT

Here is an article about Red Bull drink can cause DVT, raise the risk of stroke or heart attack.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1045195/Red-Bull-gives---increased-risk-heart-disease-say-scientists.html

Is this possible?

Jen — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:15:06 GMT

For those who don't know my story I have a DVT in my lower right leg and am heterozygous for Factor V Leiden (I posted the long version of my story here. .

http://lifeafterdvt.forumotion.com/the-lounge-f1/newbie-with-a-dvt-and-fvl-t255.htm?sid=88baea3fdfbe74bce123df909acb629e)

I had an appt today with my family doctor to follow up on my rash that is still present and spreading across my stomach. We also dicussed my DVT (I'm awaiting my appt with a hematologist - Sept 5th). His concern ...

Discovery Health, Effectively Managing Anticoagulation.

dero — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 21:33:34 GMT

Here are four links to four different video clips (roughly 15 min/clip)

After watching the whole thing, I say "it is WELL WORTH watching it..."

1- http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1225901422/bctid1213949939

2- http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1225901422/bctid1213855743

3- http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1225901422/bctid1225543800

4- http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1225901422/bctid1213905354

What The Heck is DVT, By Brenda Blackburn

dero — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:05:18 GMT

Some of my readers may have heard snippets of this news, from me or in my blog, but today I share this story, in its entirety and with the newest updates, with my global newsletter audience. I hope that by doing so, more people will become aware of DVT, understand what it feels like to go through the process, and share the facts with others. By spreading the word, we can all help to educate and ultimately to save lives.MORE...

What the heck is DVT? By Brenda Blackburn

dero — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:03:27 GMT

August 08 Newsletter

Another introduction

Linda — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:30:19 GMT

Hello everyone,

So pleased to discover your site � many congratulations to the original minds behind its creation!

Thought I�d follow the lead of others who introduce themselves and their experiences as a first post.

I am relatively new to DVT & PE, so please be patient with my current lack of �techie/medical� phrases and knowledge about the conditions.

Back in mid May I had an accidental fall down three little steps and landed awkwardly on my ankles. It transpired that I�d broken ...

Sad to have DVT - Happy to be here!

mbl33 — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:00:41 GMT

"here" meaning in this forum (but also to be alive).

Hello, my name is Michael, I am 46 yrs old from New Jersey (proudly most of the time), married with 2 kids (girl, 14 and boy, 10). Here is my story:

In about the 2nd week of June, I noticed a pain in my upper inner thigh - it basically felt like a groin pull which is why I did not think much of it. Over the next two weeks, the pain seemed to get a little better in the groin area, but seemed to move slowly down the leg. ...

Hi, new here

marica101010 — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:49:49 GMT

HI, my story...back in April I thought that I had pulled my groin muscle in my left leg. For a week I just grinned and beared the pain, then on Friday I went to see the Dr, my regular Nurse Practitioner wasnt in, so another girls saw me, and prescribed pain meds...over the weekend I thought I would die..I called Monday that the meds werent doing anything, so they called in something else....Monday night my left leg began to swell and swell ans swell..I knew something was wrong..I called first ...

Thrombolysis...

dero — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 08:33:34 GMT

Thrombolysis is a minimally invasive treatment that dissolves abnormal blood clots in blood vessels to help improve blood flow and prevent damage to tissues and organs. (more...)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrombolysis

http://www.radiologyinfo.ca/default.aspx?page=86&lang=en-US#7

http://www.cochrane.org/reviews/en/ab002783.html

Messenteric Venous Thrombosis...

dero — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 08:32:37 GMT

Mesenteric venous thrombosis (also known as visceral venous thrombosis) is a rare but lethal form of mesenteric ischemia. Antonio Hodgson first described mesenteric ischemia in the latter part of the 15th century. In 1895, Elliot first described mesenteric venous thrombosis as a cause of mesenteric ischemia. By the turn of the 19th century, many review articles and texts were describing the recent advances in the characterization and treatment of mesenteric ischemia, particularly venous thrombosis. ...

Does Warfirin cause depression

Annemarie — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:01:10 GMT

Hi guys

Hope all is well.

I have been very depressed the last 3 weeks and this will be my 5th week after starting the Warfirin.

Did some of you experience depression the first few weeks after starting Warfarin?

This is me

Gismo — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 16:29:20 GMT

Hi from Sunny South Africa!

I'm so thrilled to have found this forum to be able to share my story and my fears with people that understand what I'm going through, having gone through it too. So many people close to me do not always understand my fears and (I think) the danger involved with this condition. I'm reluctant to talk about it too because I don't want to seem like I'm constantly whining or self-absorbed. I've always been so healthy, so maybe its just that I'm not used to talking ...

Calve Cramps

dero — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 21:57:34 GMT

Muscle cramps are painful contractions of the muscle that happen involuntarily (i.e. without the athlete intending then to happen).

Leg cramps affect most people training hard, particularly running at some point and a common site for cramps is the calf muscles.

(more)

Other sites

http://www.doctorsexercise.com/journal/cramp.htm

http://www.crampshelp.com/calfcramps.html

http://www.naturalfitnesstrainers.com/SR_calf_cramps.htm

http://idotmatrix.wordpress.com/2007/11/20/muscle-cramps-101/

Another newbie - slightly different twist

Justmartha — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 07:50:30 GMT

I've been reading a fair bit on this and another thrombosis forum, and it sure is good to read other folks' stories. Mine is a little different, and I have found very few references to it outside the more scientific web sites. It would be nice to find others who have had similar experiences....

Up until the first of June of this year, I considered myself a healthy, active, average middle-aged person. June 1 I woke up thinking I had the stomach flu.....nausea, fever, chills, etc. I couldn't ...

ATHLETE RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT BLOOD CLOTS

RetiredNavy02 — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:55:39 GMT

Here is a link to the ClotBuster web blog. Roland Varga has been raising awareness about blood clots in the Ohio area through competing in Triathlons. His webpage can be found at: http://clot-buster-triathlete.blogspot.com/ You can also order Stop-the-Clot wrist bands and Jerseys from him.

The July Athlete of the Month on his webpage is a Medically Retired Army Captain. Rather then summarize her story I'll late you read it: http://clot-buster-triathlete.blogspot.com/2008/07/july-athlete-of-month.html

Regards,

Tom

Looking for others with May-Thurner Syndrome

djordan — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 02:22:45 GMT

Hello, I'm a DVT survivor and I would like to meet others who have had DVT's as a result of May-Thurner Syndrome, otherwise known as IVCS (Iliac Vein Compression Syndrome). Post a message on this forum and we'll try to arrange a time to chat, possibly after the Christmas holidays since this is such a busy time for all. My DVT was in November 2004 so I am three years into recovery with a Boston Scientific Wallstent in my Iliac vein (if that sounds familiar to anyone).

Article from Good Times (june 08 edition)

dero — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:21:01 GMT

This is an article that was published in the June 08 edition of a Canadian Magazine called "Good Times". It is a lengthy read but an excellent read. I hope you enjoy it.

**NB** I would like to thank Gismo for her help in making this possible to post.

Introducing myself as the new guy on the block

blebs — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:19:17 GMT

Hello everyone.

I had my DVT as a result of a ruptured thoracic aortic aneurysm in 95, which caused me to be laid up in a bed for a couple of months with no activity. They removed the clot and implanted a Greenfield filter or IVC into me. I've since gone on to yet another open heart surgery to replace the aortic valve. I come to you from www.valvereplacement.com and I'm a friend of Al Lodwick from www.warfarinfo.com . I'm not a doctor, but I am a self doser and self tester of Coumadin and ...

Good Times June 08

dero — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:49:17 GMT

I have posted a Canadian Magazine article touching many aspect of the blood clot, I feel that this article was well written and hope that you can enjoy it also...

The article can be found at:

http://lifeafterdvt.forumotion.com/good-reads-books-or-magazines-f29/article-from-good-times-june-08-edition-t259.htm

DVT Rollercoaster

Sharon — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 05:54:11 GMT

Just got checked for new DVT in groin and abdomen. Thank God it was negative. Pain is still there and don't know why. Have woken up my husband for last 2 nights coughing (w/ no cold or flu) and had an entire day of heart palpatations on Sunday, so got it checked out. Once there has been a hypercoaguable state where nothing stopped the clotting, it is hard not to think every burning pain isn't another DVT.

Swelling and knee pains?

Manon — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:45:20 GMT

I was diagnosed with DVT three weeks ago..pretty sure I developed it about 2 weeks prior to going to the doctor, and have been swollen now from calf down for about four weeks. How long does it usually take for swelling to go away completely? The pain in my leg is almost completely gone now and I'm able to stand straight up again. I really wanted to have an enjoyable summer, but unfortunately I cannot walk too long of distances or lengths of time (as I'm sure somebody would know what that's like) ...