That is the drug that I'm on. Thank you all for response. I've been on blood thinners since last November (Xarelto). I prefer to take that because I don't have to have my blood checked. I was put on blood thinners when they found I had a blood clot in my lung (pulmonary embolism). At one time the doctors suspected I had a blood clot in my leg, did a Doppler, but didn't find anything there. I haven't had any problems as of yet. the doctors said I will be taking from now on.
-----Original Message----- From: Naomi Hudson <[email protected]> To: rhvshark <[email protected]>; quad-list <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, May 9, 2014 4:14 pm Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Blood thinners I've been on blood thinners since last November (Xarelto). I prefer to take that because I don't have to have my blood checked. I was put on blood thinners when they found I had a blood clot in my lung (pulmonary embolism). At one time the doctors suspected I had a blood clot in my leg, did a Doppler, but didn't find anything there. I haven't had any problems as of yet. the doctors said I will be taking from now on. Naomi Hudson C4 quad since July 2005 Due to Transverse Myelitis -----Original Message----- From: Bob Vogel <[email protected]> To: diannal767 <[email protected]> Cc: quad-list <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, May 9, 2014 3:01 pm Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Blood thinners Hi Dianna, I've been on blood thinners since 07'. I'm a T10 para, 29 years post injury. I've had two blood clots, both in my right leg. The first one happened when I was still in bed, about 2-weeks after my injury, it broke loose and ended up in my lung--I got lucky, blood clots can easily kill you when they break loose and end up in the lungs or heart. Back then I was on blood thinners for 6-months then off them for 20+ years. Then in 07' I fell out of my chair and broke my femur--a week after the fracture my knee swelled up, turned red, got hot. Turned out it was another blood clot. I spoke with a hematologist and he explained in my situation, SCI with a history of blood clots it is safer to stay on blood thinners. Bottom line for me--standard INR (blood thickness) is 1.0, with blood thinners I shoot for 2.0--just enough to help keep clots at bay. I have had small cuts shaving and the like and they don't seem to bleed any more than usual. To me it is no big deal--the main thing is to get my blood checked every 2-weeks to make sure the range is around 2.0. The clincher for me was when a friend was on blood thinners and decided to go off of them, 3 months later the friend had a major stroke--word is because of a blood clot. The person was a "supercrip" para, now has difficulty with speech is a para and hemiplegic. Hope this "survey of one" helps. Bob V On May 9, 2014, at 10:05 AM, [email protected] wrote: Is anyone on blood thinners? When I was in the hospital they found a clot in my leg. Dave found it strange that 'we quads' weren't all on them. I really don't like the #1 side effect of bleeding to death. I really don't like them. Dianna
