only 3-5 years??? wow mine has been in almost 15 years. Dan H. **
________________________________ From: Danny Espinoza <[email protected]> To: ~LittleQuad~ <[email protected]> Cc: Quad-list post <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, June 8, 2012 5:00:09 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] DVT in calf On 6/8/2012 9:02 AM, ~LittleQuad~ wrote: Hey gang! My right calf and foot have been swollen and numb feeling (I have great sensation in whole body). So Tuesday I was able to see my rehab doc, he thought the symptoms showed a DVT. I couldnt think of why I would have one. So the Wednesday I went to get ultrasound. Yep, the front left vein has a clot. They wouldn't let me leave the hospital until the doctors had a plan. So I'm on 5mg Coumadin a day and a shot of Enoxaparin Sodium every 12 hours. > >Yesterday when I was getting up I looked down at my right chin, i remembered a >scab that I've had a while and it dawned on me...on May 7th I went to the >dentist and while under nitrous and my hand control turned to the side, I >decided to reaarange my chair. In doing so I rammed my leg into a table. Thank >goodness I had on jeans and a blanket because it scraped my leg to chin bone. >It >never dawned on me i could have given myself a DVT. Yet when I look at the now >scar and where my sensation starts changing it's the same area. > > >Now I've got to watch out more closely!! Anyone else ever have one? How long >was >treatment? >Amye - LQ I had one and am now on a low dose of a blood thinner for preventative care. When my accident originally happened I had a greenfield filter put in so if any clots broke free they wouldn't make it to my lungs/heart or up, the filter is good for 3 to 5 years and then you need it replaced -Danny
