Hi all, I have never had a clot but worry, 35 yrs now. can they put a filter in someone as a preventative? Best, Shirley Bell
www.ShirleyBellDesigns.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Danny Espinoza To: [email protected] Cc: Joan Anglin ; 'Danny Hearn' ; '~LittleQuad~' ; 'Quad-list post' Sent: Friday, June 08, 2012 10:44 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] DVT in calf Im starting to wonder if he is wrong.... X| he's also my Pulmonologist -Danny On 6/8/2012 7:17 PM, Danny Espinoza wrote: The original designed ones actually cannot be replaced only the newer ones can be. According to the doctor I was talking to the last time I was in the hospital he said because I've got an older type mine wasn't replaceable and the vein has grown in a way that it is only about 50% efficient. According to him they work for about 3 to 5 years good. The newer type of filers are meant to be retrievable and/or replaceable. I have an older style in me so I had asked him what my options were and he said they can put a newer one in front of my old one and that it would be good for 3 to 5 years again but its replaceable and would need to be replaced "removed and a new one put in" every year about. I then asked him why not every 3 years and he told me it really depends on how the vein grows and the safest bet would be once a year. I just looked it up and this is a list of them a.. B Braun Tempofilter IVC filter (retrievable) b.. B Braun VenaTech LGM IVC filter (no longer sold) c.. B Braun VenaTech LP IVC filter d.. Bard G2x IVC (retrievable, unlimited indwell time)[4] e.. Bard G2 (retrievable) f.. Cook Gianturco-Roehm Bird's Nest IVC Filter (permanent) g.. Cook Günther Tulip (retrievable) h.. Cook Celect (retrievable) i.. Cordis OptEase IVC filter (retrievable, 23 day indwell time)[5] j.. Cordis TrapEase IVC filter k.. Mobin-Uddin Umbrella IVC filter (no longer sold) l.. ALN IVC filter (retrievable) m.. Rex Medical Option IVC filter (retrievable) n.. Rafael Medical SafeFlo Vena Cava Filter (for permanent implantation) o.. Bard Eclipse[6] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inferior_vena_cava_filter I honestly have no clue which I have but thought this information may be useful to others. -Danny On 6/8/2012 5:36 PM, Joan Anglin wrote: Mine has been in almost 22 years and no one ever said anything about replacing it. Whoops Joan From: Danny Hearn [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, June 08, 2012 5:09 PM To: [email protected]; ~LittleQuad~ Cc: Quad-list post Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] DVT in calf 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
