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

THIS IS WAR....ON BLOOD CLOTS...ATTACK NOW ! UR doc will never approve!THE EARLY STAGE: Week 1-2 after discharge from Hospital & every movement is a painful struggle, you have no energy, and can barely use the toilet.

DISCLAIMER: I AM NOT A MED DOC.- Enter at your own risk.
THIS CLIP NOT FOR EVERYONE-med conditions, sedentary,no positive mental attitude (PMA)
BE ON ANTI-COAGULENT MEDS./CONSIDER A FILTER
(I have a G-2 IVC filter but I would do anything in this clip even without one). (I think I had a small 3mm lung clot last nite. It felt like someone hit me in the back with a hammer..I knew what it must be so I just relaxed and waited. I knew it would go away eventually and it did.).Get advice from a specialist to see if you can install a filter given where you are at now.
YOUR DOC CANNOT RECOMMEND my fast tracking methods. This is not standard protocol. It's a liability issue for them.
LET UR DOC KNOW what you are doing. Listen to him but YOU make the choices. LISTEN TO EVERYONE-TRUST 'NO-ONE' BUT YOURSELF-YOU take the leadership.

CONTINUE TAKING UR: COUMADIN,LAXATIVES & DIURETICS

YOUR DOC's STANDARD RECOVERY TRACK: Limited gentle movements forever-Fear Everything.

FAST TRACKING IS PRO-ACTIVE: Fear Nothing- 1)PMA, 2) Creative but rational,3) Attack the problem
WE DON'T WANT A STAGNANT BLOOD POOL JUST SITTING THERE (& at this point you really can't do much walking, if at all). It's walking or crawling. WE WANT TO AVOID POST THROMBOTIC SYNDROME.

FAST TRACKING IDEA: CREATE FLUID COMPARTMENT SHIFTS & TRY TO PUSH SOME BLOOD over,under, around the clots setting the stage for recovery.

FAST TRACKING CONCEPT: cold, heat, leg compression & tissue manipulation: CREATES MILD INFLAMMATON to help perfusion of tissue with oxygen carrying blood which promotes new vein growth which provides more exposure to macrophages

FACTS: Blood clots are not brittle.
Chances for a life threatening PT is 1/1000 (no IVC filter)
Chance of a small clot reaching lungs is 1/10-1/100 Docs often misdiagnose blood clots-need doppler Limited movement encourages clotting
USE: ICE PACKS -- -- HOT BATH-- CPAP/O2 mach.-- COMPRESSION Stockings/Vet wrap--Posture--CANE USE

ICE PACKS- USE UNTIL LEG turns bright red, feels numb
HOT BATH- follows use of ice packs- soak for 30' or more.
(can add epsom salts, vinegar).
CPAP (or O2 MACHINE)- USE ANYTIME RESTING
TIP: EAT CARBS & PROTEIN (as body directs) & REST with legs elevated.
Remember:
docs often misdiagnose
clots are claimed to be permanent in some cases-so take seriously
use candy,bronchial inhalers, coffee (the coffee is to constrict the veins to build a higher pressure. This will help the venus return and hopefully develop new flow patterns.
learn what eases the pain: eg. Use of cane & Rest in a bent over posture or when walking.
When resting lying down, extend arms above head.
Forgetfulness—it happens often

PLEASE SEND ME YOUR EXPERIENCES, AND WHAT HELPED OR DIDN'T HELP YOU. I WANT TO DO A CLIP TO SHARE what others like yourself have learned.


(later: massager, rope, walking, deep tissue massage, ultrasound )

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• Femoral vein clots
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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.

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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. 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]

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