Blood Clots,Recognize,Symptoms, What to Expect-Clip 1

[sixchildren100]

Thankyou Sir for the vid i had an injury a couple of mths back my ham string (on my left ) not been right since christmas now they THINK i may have a blood clot because of it i.m going for an M.R.I. on 3rd march ( soooo scared ) VERY scared....Again thankyou my friend......Angel; ) ...

[32f3245f4]

@sixchildren100

Thanks for the kind words of appreciation. I wouldn't think it would be a clot in the hamstrings but who knows? I would think it might be a "baker's cyst" but that is just my guess. Anyway, I wish you the best. PS-liked your poem about smiling...especially appropriate when times are difficult. :)

[sixchildren100]

@32f3245f4 I sure hope you are right and thankyou for the kinds words happy you liked my poem i LOVE PEOPLE.....Angel ( from scotland ) nice to vitual meet ya...hope all is well with you my friend shine on..

[32f3245f4]

Thanks Airsoft21x,

I would bet you have experienced these frustrations also.I do appreciate your taking time to respond.Kudos to you.

[Airsoft21x]

Thanks

[iBeep2009]

cheers- will help so many folks, as a surpising number of doctors totaaly miss them and folks die unecessarily-

[32f3245f4]

@iBeep2009

THANKS. Yes, I have yet to personally talk with anyone with DVT's that was diagnosed correctly by their family doc. They usually tell the patient it's a pulled muscle in your leg or groin and then time goes by and the two or three week window for thrombolytic treatment passes...(I could go on and on about this).

[32f3245f4]

Thanks for the note of appreciation.

[Undercoverdub]

Thank you very much,, very helpful and informative clip. W

[32f3245f4]

Thanks for you kind comments. I do plan on making at least one more video because there is so much I am learning and doctors just don't tell you much about dvt's because they have never had them and are very reluctant to venture outside of the normal 'box' of knowledge to suggest new approaches to therapy...it's sort of a liability issue with them..and I understand their position. Best of luck to you.

[mharpmaker]

Mharpmaker

Thank you for making the video, it has been very helpful. Good to know about the stockings. I hope you learn more as time goes by, so you make another video, very helpful for me and family.

[32f3245f4]

Ohh, so sorry about the pinky clot. I hope you will make a strong and fast recovery.

[jjames2544]

i have a blood clok its on my left finger the first pinky lol jenean im 9

[32f3245f4]

Thanks Petro86, I hope it will help guide you and it's nice to know these clips are appreciated...makes it all worthwhile. The best to ya!

[Petro86]

Thank you SO MUCH for making this video

[32f3245f4]

Right on...I would never have thought it. It is a real game changer for sure. Some people with extensive clots (like me) may be handicapped for many years. I am determined to keep trying new therapies...have had this for over a year. It is definitely something to fear and treat early...most docs will miss the diagnosis which really delays recovery. I am definitely getting better with some new therapies I am trying on my own such as using leeches. 

[TikiShootah]

wow something so simple as a blood clot can be a pretty guarantee taking up a year or more of your time

[Kimmirisk]

Thank you for this video.

[32f3245f4]

@Kimmirisk

I trust it was helpful. I may do another clip to update on where I am one year later now. I hope you don't have 'permanent' DVT's. I just got back from doing some inline skating (few miles). I have to take a cane with me because the oxygen deprivation can sneak up before you know it. With the cane I can stop and lean on it until I can regain strength. Overall I can't see anything I would change and feel like I am still making good progress developing collateral vein growth. Good luck

[32f3245f4]

Ouch....sorry about that. DVT's can be a real game changer in your life.

1) IF the DVT's are limited to your calf I personally would see an "Interventional Specialist" in the field. Your surgeon may say nothing can be done but sometimes interventional surgeons can dissolve dvt's with thrombolytics. 2) wear max high compression knee high prescription socks-a must, 3)Stay on coumadin,

I was denied disability-go figure and had to drop my insurance with Anthem. I do have a last resort in test.

[jecdown]

Having DVT is a big pain. I was diagnosed with it a few months ago. I work in the construction field and 2 or 3 days after working my leg is swollen back up and can't walk far. I just had another ultrasound a week ago and find out I actually have 3 blood clots in my left leg. Any advice what I should do? Apply for disability? stay off work?

[Mickeym1a2n3]

i really shouldn't say this but my dad just passed march 9, 2011 he also had blood clots and he was a drinker, the doctors told him to stop or it would kill him, so he would drink and stop taking his coumadin, then stop drinking and start back on his coumadin, well it caught up with him on march 9, 2011 and my wife and his grandsons had to try and fight for his life but didn't make it. so PLEASE follow your doctors orders! Thanks for your posting of these videos!

[32f3245f4]

@Mickeym1a2n3

Sorry about your dad passing. I recently lost mine a few months ago and know some of the feelings of desperation that you must have gone through.

Thanks for emphasizing how URGENT it is for anyone with blood clots to never quit taking your coumadin or whatever your doc has prescribed.

A concern is that I hear of too many people being told by their doc they can quit their coumadin earlier than they should according to protocol. Thanks again.

[reececup33]

My mom is coming home from hospital and still immobile.She has been very sick with other things.But shes been on coumadin for about 1 month now. I think they are gonna discontinue and put on levonox.She had bilateral dvt.I'm kinda scared because of the severity.Her leg was so painful at first and they gave her iv antibiotics.They said vein in right leg was occluded in the beginning.I just don't know how to deal with this.She has edema not bad.How long does one stay on comadin or levonox?Advice?

[32f3245f4]

@reececup33

I can understand what you must feel. Okay, I will try to help you as much as I can. First, I would suspect that she, like me, will probably be on coumadin for the rest of her life. Normally after a certain age a person would take aspirin for the rest of their lives to ward off blood clots. However in her case, and mine, we will both be taking coumadin for years and no aspirin. So that's just kind of trading one medicine for another. The Lovenox is ten days. I ran out of text space.

[mizzmakeup1]

im 26 i have major anxiety so everytime i see a little raise in te skin on my legs i rush to the er an make them do i dopler scan but they say my deep viens r perfect flowing but idk y im so scared of everything i dont have pain near the little raise in the skin or anything so since u said it wud be red or hurt it makes me feel a little better

[32f3245f4]

@mizzmakeup1

Please feel better knowing that if you can see or feel anything it won't be a deep vein clot. Don't sweat the superficial clots. They pretty much go away without causing problems (with some exceptions). It's only the deep vein ones that are super bad.

DVTs you probably won't see or even suspect until you feel something that you mistake for a "pulled muscle" or "over strained muscle". Those pains may come and go or stay with you. Be alert to them.

[mizzmakeup1]

@32f3245f4 thank u now im a little more at ease :)

[ryan81285]

@mizzmakeup1

you know i have the same thing and i hope we get through it b/c it's really makes the life so hard to live dont you think?

[4chango]

@ryan81285: I laced a naturopathic approach for this condition on my channel it will remain post for a few days.

[Hrumpff]

Thank you!

[roguegirl29]

Clots can actually form from long periods of physical inactivity as well.

[32f3245f4]

@roguegirl29

Yes, roguegirl29. Clots can form from inactivity such as the more familiar "air traveler's clot", long distance driving, too even from too much activity, some birth control meds, and sometimes for no reason at all. The most important lesson that I wish I had learned earlier is to insist on a doppler for anything that seems like pain, especially in the upper thigh and calf. I thought I had a pulled groin muscle and waited about two weeks...now I am paying the price dearly.

Thank U

[ComparativeAnatomy1]

Thank you. Very helpful.