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Tony,

That's super!!
I hope the rest of your recovery comes quickly.

Tony:
Good to see you're OK
I've been on blood thinners for 6 years now, (along with other meds) with no end in sight. Basically, not the clot thing, but irregular rapid heartbeat. REally scared me when Doc said...'you need a hospital..NOW' when I was in his office for a reg check-up.

The pills are not a bad thing.

Take care

I hope you feel better soon!

A quick update and I think we can put this thread to bed, lol.

My leg has finally stopped hurting, and it seems that the clot has mostly gone away. I will be seeing a specialist at the end of the month to see if they can figure out exactly what triggered this mess.

Meantime I'm back to work, although on "light duty", and things are going well.

I again thank all who posted and read this thread, even though I have never met you all in person it was comforting to know that you guys cared!!

Tony

good for you Tony . glad everything is getting better

First off I just want to say I am glad your ok!

You are certailly right about not ignoring the signs.
Last Dec. I lost a good friend who just happened to be my brother in law as well. (Also an electrician) His leg had been bothing him quite a bit. He did see a Doc but was told he most likely strained himself at work.
A couple of weeks later he was gone due to a clot.

Apparently if an ultrasound had been done on his leg there is a good chance he would still be around today.

Hey man, just now seen this thread and also wanted to wish you the best from here on out. Glad to see that you are getting better.

Be safe and thanks for the advice, take it easy!

Bigrockk, sorry to hear of your loss. It is indeed unfortunate and even the doctors sometimes miss the call.

My leg pain started out exactly like a strain or pulled muscle, not surprising as I'd done my first ride on the mx bike three days prior. But the odd part, and now I know how serious it was, was that the pain would come and go and change in intensity at times. That is a sure sign it's NOT a muscle strain. So now I know better.

To add to my advice from the first post: If the pain comes and goes, there is swelling with no sign of bruising, if any area of you leg, arm or whatever feels hotter than the other, or there is an obvious enlargement of a vein, get to a doctor or ER right away and insist on an ultrasound!! In my case, had I done that on the 14th, I possibly would have avoided the whole hospital incident.

The signs of a clot traveling to your lungs/heart include: Shortness of breath, heart palpitations (irregular beat), a sensation of momentary, abrupt loss of breath (like when you get hit in the chest and have the wind knocked out of you) which may be on one side or both....anything out of the ordinary needs to be looked at.

Your family history plays into it as well, my mother has some serious factors that I may also have. I'll see the blood specialist on the 28th, hopefully he can figure out what started this and how long I'll have to stay on the meds.

Thanks again for all the kind words everbody!! I still get tired easily and even though my leg no longer bothers me I fear that the lung clots are not gone yet.

An update to this, since I had updated my bike thread and kinda forgot about this one.

I was taken off the blood thinners a few days ago, my last ultrasound showed no real clots left in either leg (there is some "thread-like" tissues in my left leg vein which is supposedly not harmful) and the CAT scan showed both lungs to be clear.

I'm glad to be off the thinners, as they do have side effects (fatigue, muscle aches, etc.) but I am a bit nervous at the same time. I will need to be careful to watch for any other signs of clots or other problems.

My doctor has me on the "aspirin regimen" as a precaution.

Thanks again to everyone here who has shared their concern.

Glad to hear things are back to normal, mx. I had the same thing as you did (deep vein thrombosis in left leg which travelled to my right lung) back in June of 2008. Man, that was painful!

I had a CT scan done in Dec and the clot is dissolved, so I'm off the Warfarin now too....and nervous, just like you.

Good luck!