EH, T-Bone!! (another Cannuck, yay)
Welcome to LADVT (wish I did not have to do this and that we could meet because of better reasons then DTV).
Many people, like you, have developed DVT due to "questionable decisions" by their Dr's unawareness to DVT, which is unfortunate for US, at least it is getting better, it used to be that no Dr. were aware of DVT just a few years back... (ok, a few decade ago).
Glad that things are improving, I would tend to agree with the second camp of Dr, since your DVT was brought on by inactivity, I'm sure you were tested for all genetics background.
A good friend of mine, actualy she is a member here also started a DVT group in Vancouver, you might want to check it out...
Brenda is the site organiser of
"DVT Support Group of the Lower Mainland"
http://www.meetup.com/DVT-Support-Group-of-the-Lower-Mainland/
Sometimes the personal contact helps enormously, talking with somebody that has or is experiencing the same thing you are learning to deal with.
They have monthly meetings and this month Brenda has a guest speaker.
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From a Newsletter sent to members.
Reminder: Our meeting happens to be on a TUESDAY this month (October 26th) and is 100% a go! I am hoping for a good turn out this month, and was able to land a guest speaker from our group's speaker wish list!
Guest speaker: Lynne Mann from the Canadian Mental Health Association will be speaking about the emotional and mental health side of our condition(s), as well as will provide resource information and support options.
RSVP: Please rsvp as soon as you can, so we can let our guest speaker know ahead of time how many will be attending.
More info on the site...
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But back here, if you have ANY question, please ask...