Damn, Getting Old Sucks! (Ended up in the ER Last Night w/Blood Clots in my lungs)

[brutal]

Glad you're OK.

You need to be checked for Factor V Leiden - it's basically the opposite of hemophilia and is hereditary.

I found out I had it after a similar trip to the ER with a double PE. Mostly the same symptoms. I was barely ambulatory, and ashen when we walked in. Certainly had a hard time staying upright. I had a bout of pleurisy many years ago and the pain was similar at first so I assumed that's what it was. It eventually got so bad and hard to breathe that I had my wife take me to the ER 2.5 miles away and also her place of employment. I was treated in the ER with oxygen, morphine, heparin, and 2 days in the cardiac unit. Got a clean bill of health and released.

A few years prior, I had a blood clot in my calf following knee surgery and post surgical travel. They treated that and had me on thinners for a few months, then off. About six months later, I had the ER event. It was another clot. Lucky I didn't stroke or die I guess. I'm now on lifetime blood thinners.

[Gman]

The wife had multiple PEs in February. In hindsight it appears to have been from her final chemo session and a blocked implanted port. Don't mess around with blood clots. Fortunately I had purchased a pulse oximeter earlier on Amazon that indicated her high heart rate and inability to keep a normal oxygen level even while on supplemental O2. Off to the ER she went.

Unfortunately, once you've had a clotting issue there is a continued risk of future clotting. She's had a history of clots, so she'll likely be on Coumadin for the rest of her life. Fortunately, she tolerates it well.

If you end up on a therapy of Coumadin/Warfarin, insist on the branded Coumadin. My wife's doc figured out that the dosing of the generic would make tuning of the INR level a PITA. The generics vary by manufacturer and lot. Getting the dosing nailed down for the wife was a snap with Coumadin.

Hang in there and we're pulling for ya'!

[Grant H.]

Wow, sorry to hear this.

Praying for a full recovery.

And yes, getting old sucks.

[StagLefty]

Hopes for a quick recovery !

[sniper7]

Hoping for a quick recovery

[laportecharlie]

Jer, you don't even know what old is! Hope you get over this quickly.
Charlie

[Great-Kazoo]

Jer, you don't even know what old is! Hope you get over this quickly.
Charlie

Take care , Kid.

[buffalobo]

Please heal quickly and completely.






Would be a drag to have to find another to razz and joust with.

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[cableguy11]

Get better! And yes getting old sucks! You need anything just shoot me a PM, after all I am just down the road.

-Art

[gnihcraes]

Well wishes!

Do what the doctors tell you. Same thing happened to my mother last year. No reason for the clots, they just happened! It takes a while, but you'll be better.

Job; hopefully they understand. I had a stroke 4 months into a new job. Everyone was great about it. Some donated their PTO/vacation time since I didn't have anything built up. Had to take some unpaid leave for a week or two. It all worked out and I'm still employed there.