BLOOD CLOTS, Fast Tracking- Early Recovery Stage-CLIP 3

[jgl200322295]

Really valuable information. Thanks!

I just started my anti-clotting war one week ago. I'm 26, used to be very healthy, I had a knee arthroscopy (meniscus problem) 7 weeks ago. Drs said is not common to get thrombosis from a surgery that "old".

Pain is constant now, being on crutches is like hell, my pain killer doesn't do much (Diclofenac). I'm totally under Warfarin, and it took 5 days in the hospital to get my prothrombin to an normal level (2-3, mine 2.8).

All this happened because I w

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@jgl200322295

Thanks. Send another message with the rest of the story...

Nobody else will understand how much pain there is with this.Doc's don't have a clue and deny old surgeries as causative (my TKA surgery was 4 mo prior to my DVTs). Docs mean well but they have to be super cautious because of liability. At 11mo post dvt I think my forced exercise, nicorette gum, and later my leech therapy have been the most helpful. Ask doc for 10mg Lortabs for pain. My INR also at 2.8/declare war on DVT!

[jgl200322295]

anted 2 get better from my meniscus problem, although I could live well with that, I was able 2 do almost everything I like without pain, including surfing and playing football (carefully, some people call it soccer), running was the exception. I asked the Dr what was the fastest and best course of action 4 my condition, and arthroscopy was it. So I followed the Dr advice and had the surgery done, and after all the physiotherapy SEEMS like my knee problem is gone, but ended up worse w pain & DVT

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@jgl200322295

Thanks, I understand. Really a game-changer for you also. When I had both my knees replaced in the same month the pain did not compare to what acute femoral DVT's caused sixteen wks later.If the clot has formed for about 3 weeks then you have no options left. During the first 1-2 wks a person can choose thrombolytics to dissolve the clot. After that it's all about growing new collateral veins. Most people seem to just give up but you won't because UR a competitor.