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Originally Posted by Lancpudn
THANK YOU ANDY.  It's good job I took your advice & got my body builders calf checked out, It is indeed a DVT, I've spent over 6 hours today at Bolton hospital getting all the tests done today (well most of them) I could barely walk today & carted meself off to (I was told Wigan hospital by my GP to see the DVT team) but you couldn't park up there within a country mile of the place  , So off I goes back to Bolton & acted numb as to what my GP told me & just turned up at A&E there  They told me off for not coming sooner & apparently taking strong painkillerst & cider isn't going to cut it 
I have to go back to the DVT clinic in Bolton tomorrow for a scan, X-Ray on my chest showed clots  & a number of blood tests showed my clotting test was off the scale as to what it should be
DVT medication to start taking from today. |
Just seen this Ian, thank goodness you took Andy’s advice and went to the hospital.
As you know in 2015, DVT’s cut off the blood supply to my left leg from the knee to the foot. When first diagnosed I was admitted into the vascular surgery unit at The Royal Free Hospital NHS and started on anti clotting injections.
I was in a bay of 4 beds, the other patients all men were in for limb amputations. The surgeon wanted to operate then cancelled my operation and I was sent home.
The pain was excruciating and I was on Oramorph for 3 months. I had to stop driving.
I carried on giving the anti blood clotting injections to myself for 21 days at home. The surgeon kept on cancelling the follow up appointments. A month later, the leg bypass was down but I had to go private through health insurance. In that month the delay caused gangrene to set in and although the surgery was excellent, the leg is not 100%.
2 years ago, I was admitted into hospital with a collapsed lung, fortunately no clot or embolism in the lung or in the brain. Make sure you are fully checked out for DVT’s/Clots every where.
Because of the bypass and history of blood clots, I am on blood thinners for the rest of my days. Keeping active helps, but as everyone is different the management of your blood clots will be personalised to your diagnosis, treatment and needs.
Do take care