Just spent 4 days in the hospital for blood clots in both legs. My left leg was kind of swollen for a couple weeks and then started getting pinker. Right leg looked normal. I felt fine but my old lady "strongly urged" me to go to the ER. Ultrasound and CAT scan revealed:
"Extensive deep vein thrombosis in both legs. On the right, there is occlusive thrombus in the common femoral vein extending into the
proximal superficial femoral vein. There is also occlusive thrombus in the right popliteal vein extending down into the tibial veins. On
the left, there is occlusive thrombus along the entire length of the common femoral vein, superficial femoral vein extending into the deep profunda vein, popliteal vein, and calf veins. There is also occlusive thrombus in the left greater saphenous vein extending down
to the level of the knee." I never knew I had this many veins in my legs. Have some clots in my bilateral common iliac veins too. Heparin to Lovenox to coumadin for life. I have an IVC clip from 1977 but Cat scan showed it's now useless because it has flattened out the IVC but 2 secondary veins grew around the IVC clip and reconnected to the IVC just above the clip area. Weird.
Anyway, nice to be back. Just waiting for my leg to become less swollen and now enrolled in an Anticoag Management Program chewing coumadin like Tic-Tacs.
"Extensive deep vein thrombosis in both legs. On the right, there is occlusive thrombus in the common femoral vein extending into the
proximal superficial femoral vein. There is also occlusive thrombus in the right popliteal vein extending down into the tibial veins. On
the left, there is occlusive thrombus along the entire length of the common femoral vein, superficial femoral vein extending into the deep profunda vein, popliteal vein, and calf veins. There is also occlusive thrombus in the left greater saphenous vein extending down
to the level of the knee." I never knew I had this many veins in my legs. Have some clots in my bilateral common iliac veins too. Heparin to Lovenox to coumadin for life. I have an IVC clip from 1977 but Cat scan showed it's now useless because it has flattened out the IVC but 2 secondary veins grew around the IVC clip and reconnected to the IVC just above the clip area. Weird.
Anyway, nice to be back. Just waiting for my leg to become less swollen and now enrolled in an Anticoag Management Program chewing coumadin like Tic-Tacs.
Big Blood Clots
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