Out of commision for a while (whine)

[MomOnBike]

Oh yeah, Lovenox, Coumadin, genetic tests, the whole nine yards. With my deep family history of vascular issues, it will be interesting to see how the tests turn out. The crisis was this weekend.

Thing is, I would have (maybe, I was in deep denial) been diagnosed about two weeks earlier - right after the DVTs formed if I hadn't been feeling so icky anyway from overwork. Icky was my normal state. If they had been caught earlier, a filter could have been put in the vein and the PEs and hospital stay could have been avoided. There is a whole semester's worth of lessons in there somewhere.

Interesting that cyclists seem to be prone to PEs. Is is just because we are aware of our own? I wonder if there have been statistical studies.

As for yelling at me, you don't know my family. That's how we communicate. It's the only way to get through to me.

Anyway, thanks for listening. I do appreciate it.

[maillotpois]

Thing is, I would have (maybe, I was in deep denial) been diagnosed about two weeks earlier - right after the DVTs formed if I hadn't been feeling so icky anyway from overwork. Icky was my normal state. If they had been caught earlier, a filter could have been put in the vein and the PEs and hospital stay could have been avoided. There is a whole semester's worth of lessons in there somewhere.

I would have been diagnosed a couple of months earlier if I hadn't caught an honest to god chest cold which turned into "bronchitis" which turned into 2 - 3 months of "breathing difficulty" which was actually PEs. Don't beat yourself up. Even the most vigilant can't catch everything.

[crazycanuck]

eeegads!!!

MOB..I sure hope you give yourself time to heal. Be nice to yourself, don't forget the meds and ask if you need help.

Your bike will be there for you when you get the clean bill of health. Until then, just talk to it and *breathe*..

Now, go and have a rest, get a good book, have a cuppa & snuggle on your couch.

[lph]

Yoicks!

Poor you Being sick sucks, being off your bike sucks, being seriously sick sucks big time.

[bmccasland]

MOB - here's to FLUID flowing through your veins and not blobs. Blobs are bad.

Healing juju coming at you from the Big Easy.

[OakLeaf]

Wow, that's scary. Glad you're through the worst of it - healing vibes coming your way.

[MomOnBike]

Mr Silver, actually, the car ride that did me in was coming home from my aunt's funeral. I was hurrying home so I could get to work Monday. So it kind of was work-related. And you're very sweet, asking if it were college related. My elder daughter is in grad school. Ah, to be a co-ed again. . .{sigh} (cough, pant, pant - still can't breathe all that well - gasp)

As for beating myself up, no, I'm not, that's what I have family, friends and strangers on the street for. It would be redundant. I was offering up my tale of "shoulda" in hopes that someone else would learn from my mistakes. Nothing more.

Anyway, progress report. I quit the sit-in-one-place-and-move-only-the-fingers job today. Went in and cleaned out the desk, all that. It feels. . .liberating. Then I took a nap, 'cause the morning wore me out.

And one last thing, the absolute worst thing about this whole experience is that the fall days now are fabulous! Why couldn't this have happened in, like, February when I have to drag myself out of the house using dire threats? It ain't fair!

Thanks, all, for the healing vibes, I can feel them helping.

[Velobambina]

Wow. I'm sorry to hear about your clot.

Weirdly enough, my husband just went through the same thing (days before our 20th wedding anniversary). A clot developed in his ankle, which he ignored despite my nagging at him to get to the doc (he had a DVT 10 years ago). It moved to his calf, so he went to the doctor. Shots in the tummy & cumaden. A couple days later, he has trouble focusing, a headache, and chest pains. Ignores it. Finally, goes to the ER and gets diagnosed.

Part of the clot in the leg broke off and moved to the lung. He had no problems breathing and it apparently did not affect his heart. He spent two days in the hospital on a heparin drip. They put in a ICV Filter so if more pieces of the clot moved, they couldn't get to his lungs/heart.

He's now doing better and is on cumaden. The hematologist told him that he has at least FIVE genetic factors (still some test results pend) that predispose him to the clots, so he likely will be on blood thinners for the rest of his life.

He's allowed to ride his bike, so long as he wears a helmet. Apparently, when Brian asked about it, citing the potential for a wipe out, the doctor said, "well you might get in a car wreck too."