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From: highanxiety on 31 Jul 2008 21:58
On Jul 30, 7:03 pm, highanxiety <highanxiety2...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey ASAPM,
>
> Yesterday I came home from the nursing home where I had been staying
> for rehabilitation and recuperation from a pulmonary embolism. I just
> wanted to let everyone know that I'm doing well and healing. I'm glad
> I'm back home even though it feels a little scary to me. I have 8 new
> medications to remember and take. Not only did they decide I was
> diabetic, but I'm also on Synthroid for my Thyroid. I think the trauma
> of the operation threw my whole body into acting strangely. Perhaps I
> won't need a lot of this stuff in a few months once I level off and
> get better.
>
> My anxiety level is okay, aside from feeling not at home in my home
> just yet. I learned one thing. Anxiety and trying to be weaned off of
> a respirator don't mix very well. It feels as if you are suffocating,
> but you have to breathe calmly in order to get off the machine, and
> you can't exactly go anywhere else and do anything else until you're
> weaned. That was not a bit fun and I wanted so badly to post about
> that and have you guys support me when I was trying to get through
> that one. I made it though and pray that none of you have to go
> through that, but if you do, know it can be done, with plenty of
> benzos, that is.
>
> I will try to post more regularly. I had Internet access in the
> nursing home, but was also on a laptop and it was very difficult to
> use it to post to the group. Now I'm home with my puter and nothing
> can stop me from reading and posting now. Just wanted to say hi and
> tell everyone I'm doing well. I need vibes because I find myself
> afraid to be on my own after nearly 3 months of institutionalization.
> I'd die if I had to go back to a hospital, OTOH, I'm not 100% sure of
> myself on my own. I live with my younger son, and he's been a big help
> to me as has my older son and his family who live nearby. It's not an
> easy thing to have to rely on others to do things you are used to
> doing for yourself, but I'm learning and it is temporary.
>
> Love to all. I'm home and for the most part relieved. I hope to catch
> up on the news with everyone soon. Posting makes me feel more at home.
> It's good to be back.
>
> Love,
>
> Sally
>

Thanks to everyone who welcomed me back. It sure is a wonderful thing
to come back to such supportive wonderful people like you all. Chip,
the doctor I last saw says they think I have some kind of blood
disorder. This is not the first time I had blood clots. I had one 4
years ago but it stayed in my leg. This time I had the same thing only
it traveled to my lungs. I will be on Coumadin the rest of my life,
which is bad, but it beats the hell out of the alternative. They also
put a mesh in to prevent more clots moving upward to say my lungs or
my heart etc. I'm just happy that the worst is behind me and that I
can be back home here with you all. I got a card with well wishes from
all of you that Jackie collected and sent to me in the hospital. It
made me feel so good. Just wanted to thank you all and tell you that
I'll never forget your kindness toward me. It gave me so much hope to
know how loved I am and for that I can't thank you enough.

Love,

Sally

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From: Mary on 31 Jul 2008 23:03
"highanxiety" <highanxiety2006(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks to everyone who welcomed me back. It sure is a wonderful thing
> to come back to such supportive wonderful people like you all. Chip,
> the doctor I last saw says they think I have some kind of blood
> disorder. This is not the first time I had blood clots. I had one 4
> years ago but it stayed in my leg. This time I had the same thing only
> it traveled to my lungs. I will be on Coumadin the rest of my life,
> which is bad, but it beats the hell out of the alternative. They also
> put a mesh in to prevent more clots moving upward to say my lungs or
> my heart etc. I'm just happy that the worst is behind me and that I
> can be back home here with you all. I got a card with well wishes from
> all of you that Jackie collected and sent to me in the hospital. It
> made me feel so good. Just wanted to thank you all and tell you that
> I'll never forget your kindness toward me. It gave me so much hope to
> know how loved I am and for that I can't thank you enough.

Sally, its not bad at all taking coumadin. I've been taking it for 13 years
and get blood tests once a month. My blood usually stays at the level it
should be. I never think about taking coumadin and will be on it forever. Of
course I would prefer not to have to take it, but I had heart valve
replacement surgery and if I didn't take it, I wouldn't last long.

Mary

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From: Chip on 1 Aug 2008 01:02

"highanxiety" <highanxiety2006(a)gmail.com> wrote

> Chip,
> the doctor I last saw says they think I have some kind of blood
> disorder. This is not the first time I had blood clots. I had one 4
> years ago but it stayed in my leg. This time I had the same thing only
> it traveled to my lungs. I will be on Coumadin the rest of my life,
> which is bad, but it beats the hell out of the alternative. They also
> put a mesh in to prevent more clots moving upward to say my lungs or
> my heart etc.

Sally, ask your doc if the below is your problem. Good to have you back on
asap-m!

Chip

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Factor V Resistance to Activated Protein C

APC degrades factors Va and VIIIa, thus inhibiting coagulation. Any of
several mutations to factor V make it resistant to inactivation by APC,
*increasing the tendency for thrombosis*.

*Factor V Leiden* is the most common of these mutations.

Homozygous mutations increase the risk of thrombosis more than do
heterozygous mutations. Its prevalence as a single gene defect in European
populations is about 5%, but it rarely occurs in native Asian or African
populations.

*It is present in 20 to 60% of patients with spontaneous venous thrombosis*.

Diagnosis is based on a functional plasma coagulation assay (the failure of
patient plasma PTT to become prolonged in the presence of snake
venom-activated patient protein C) and on molecular analysis of the factor V
gene.

Treatment if necessary involves anticoagulation with heparin HEPFLUSH-10
followed by warfarin COUMADIN
..

http://www.merck.com/mmpe/sec11/ch135/ch135a.html

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