Back from the Hospital

[winddance]

I'm so glad you're all right! Here's hoping for a speedy recovery so you can return to amazing us with your cycling exploits.

[Pedal Wench]

Wow - what a wakeup call for all of us! Lots of us travel to get to events, so I'm so glad you shared your story - it might save one more of us. I'm so glad you're gonna be okay. Good luck with the recovery, and let your body heal itself before you take any risks.

[crazycanuck]

Oh dear,

I do hope you feel 100% better soon. LIke all the other dear girls here have said, it's just nice to have you with us!

C

[annie]

Adding my best wishes for a speedy and full recovery to the large number of well-wishers already posted! So scary to read your story, Sarah. Amazing that you were able to do all that riding with the clots.

Here;s hoping you find lots of fun and interesting ways to keep busy until you can ride again.

annie

[Ninabike]

Wow Sarah, your experience is a lesson for all of us. I have always worried about DVT when flying - especially long flights, and I have always taken aspirin before a flight as I tend to get excessive edema in my legs. But I was never aware of the DVT risk associated with athletics. If anything, I always assumed exercise would help reduce the risk of DVT. I am glad you are feeling better and were diagnosed in time. If there is any good to come out of all of this, it is the lessons we all have learned. Thank you for sharing and take good care of yourself. Your bike will always be there.

Nina

[Jones]

OMG-what a scary story! I am so happy you are ok and wish you a very speedy recovery and hours of guilt free tour watching. Jones

[CorsairMac]

Hugsssssssss MP. I always worry when my breathing is laboured but it would never occur to me that it could be caused by clots. Will this be a reocurring issue or was it just a freaky one time thing? Either way - follow the drs advice, the bike will wait!

Corsairmac - fighting a nasty upper respiratory infection right now!

[maillotpois]

Hugsssssssss MP. I always worry when my breathing is laboured but it would never occur to me that it could be caused by clots. Will this be a reocurring issue or was it just a freaky one time thing? Either way - follow the drs advice, the bike will wait!

Corsairmac - fighting a nasty upper respiratory infection right now!

CM - hopefully not recurring, but I'll be on anti-coagulants for a while. Hope you get well soon!!

[Trekhawk]

Hugsssssssss MP. I always worry when my breathing is laboured but it would never occur to me that it could be caused by clots. Will this be a reocurring issue or was it just a freaky one time thing? Either way - follow the drs advice, the bike will wait!

Corsairmac - fighting a nasty upper respiratory infection right now!

Oh no Corsair - I hope you are feeling better soon too.

[slinkedog]

Geez! Look what happens when you don't log on for a couple of days!!! Where's that handbasket?

Sarah, I am so glad that you're okay. Please know you'll be in my thoughts and prayers daily. Hang in there and keep us posted as to how you're doing.

Shannon

[Deanna]

CM - hopefully not recurring, but I'll be on anti-coagulants for a while. Hope you get well soon!!

Okay, I just reread your original story, and what struck me about your treatment is that you have to INJECT YOURSELF IN YOUR STOMACH You have nerves of steel! I hope you have a super speedy recovery. Do you get to do any physical activity or is it bed rest for a while?

[maillotpois]

Okay, I just reread your original story, and what struck me about your treatment is that you have to INJECT YOURSELF IN YOUR STOMACH You have nerves of steel! I hope you have a super speedy recovery. Do you get to do any physical activity or is it bed rest for a while?

Bed rest for a few more days. Doctor said it was okay to make the trip to get my daughter from camp (near Placerville) as long as I take breaks from sitting in the car. No "strenuous" activity for 2 weeks at least. Probably no riding outside for a few months. Much will depend on blood tests, which will tell me (I think) how long I have to be on anti-coagulants.

The injections are not great. SK gave me a good tip (holding the syringe to warm the stuff before doing it). That seemed to help this morning. Sticking it into the fat on my stomach (yeah, really, there's plenty there!) is better than having to do it intramuscularly like some folks do for some things.

[emily_in_nc]

The injections are not great. SK gave me a good tip (holding the syringe to warm the stuff before doing it). That seemed to help this morning. Sticking it into the fat on my stomach (yeah, really, there's plenty there!) is better than having to do it intramuscularly like some folks do for some things.

Sarah, I also had to inject my tummy with blood thinners (only once a day, unlike your twice) for two weeks after my pelvic fracture surgery last year. I found that if I numbed up the area really good with an ice cube ahead of time, I barely felt the injection. But no, it's not fun. Just proves that we are stronger than we realize when we can do it - I got many comments from friends who thought they'd never be able to do it. But, when push comes to shove, it's amazing just what we can do...

Thinking of you,
Emily

[Duck on Wheels]

Oh dear oh dear oh dear! As said above: Look what happens when I go off line for a few days! Get well quick, Maillotpois! I'm so glad to hear you're still with us! As for the injections ... been there, done that, not that I'd wish to do it again, but it wasn't so bad as it sounds. Running out of breath and coughing up blood were probably far worse sensations. Glad you're done with those!

[Lise]

My .02--remember to really vary the injection sites. Some folks do it on a grid system, so they cover the entire area of (the belly, the thighs, wherever they told you inject) before going back to the same place twice.