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"Hey, Gerrie ole pal. I hear they got a poker game going on at Huntley's place later this evening." "Keep it on the down-low."
Gambling. Cool. I want in also.
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Please view these photos as a set. I tried to capture different aspects of the New Orleans landscape today, from successes to frustrations, devastation to beignets. The city goes on, especially the tourist district, and I encourage you to go there, have a good time, and spend a lot of money, but the level of governmental neglect and general sorrow astonished me. For an introductory essay, see here.
Spreading the word in Amsterdam. As seen on my fine day spent with Huub Zeeman taking in the sights along the way.
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I often wondered how a road could be open at night, then by morning, when I'm trying to get somewhere on time, there are those blasted traffic cones everywhere. Now I know. I caught these on the move this evening. It must have been my stealthy ninja moves that allowed me to sneak up on them.
The cat is out of the bag. I'm telling the world.
March is MS Awareness Month.
Orange is the color so I'll be posting orange splashes here and there during this month whenever I can.
MS became really part of my life in 2007 but I had the symptoms 10 years before that. So it was a lifetime dueling with the unknown. Looking for answers. Frustration was right there with me in every useless Doc. appointments.
Feeling sick without answers, Feeling sick with people thinking that I was making up something that didn't exist.
It wasn't easy...
But when I could finally be AWARE of what I had. When i could finally find a Doctor that could give me those answers I felt extremely relieved. When I knew I could live my life I felt thankful and blessed. I wasn't lost anymore.
I struggle.
I have bad days.
Sometimes terrible days.
But I also have good and great days.
I have faith
I have hope and support
Everyday is unpredictable and
everyday is another chance.
*If anybody would like to talk about it, feel free to message me
Please view these photos as a set. I tried to capture different aspects of the New Orleans landscape today, from successes to frustrations, devastation to beignets. The city goes on, especially the tourist district, and I encourage you to go there, have a good time, and spend a lot of money, but the level of governmental neglect and general sorrow astonished me. For an introductory essay, see here.
Go here - you will smile: Operation Beautiful
It's great, and it's true. :)
Thanks to Lickmysticks Pam for tweeting about this, and LotusKnitter Melanie for the idea to upload to Flickr.
You are beautiful!
Free Tibet - Make your own picture and spread the message. The photos I have used in this picture are not my own and were gleaned from Google images search. I hope the owners of the photos will not be upset or offended by my using them in this montage. If so, please get in touch with me, and I will gladly replace them with something else, though they are lovely pictures. I will attempt to find the photographers names and give them due credit.
Peace - One world of free thinkers x
Update - Have contacted the photographer of the main pic and received his permission to use it. His name is Yiftah Elazar he's an excellent photographer IMO.
Please view these photos as a set. I tried to capture different aspects of the New Orleans landscape today, from successes to frustrations, devastation to beignets. The city goes on, especially the tourist district, and I encourage you to go there, have a good time, and spend a lot of money, but the level of governmental neglect and general sorrow astonished me. For an introductory essay, see here.
I’m Sarah Cook and I was diagnosed with multiple bilateral pulmonary emboli on October 4, 2011. I will turn 30 in April, 2012, and before this incident was a very active person. In the photo above I’m at the emergency room at my local hospital waiting for the CT scan mentioned below. The mask was precautionary in case I had tuberculosis or some other communicable disease.
My experience started with coughing up blood, only in the mornings, for a few days. Then my lungs started hurting and quickly progressed to where I could not lay down. I started to increasingly coughing up blood throughout the day. I had no shortness of breath. I saw my doctor on a Monday and she ran some tests and ordered a CT scan to determine whether there was a blood clot. Monday night I hardly slept and I started a low-grade fever. I spent the night sitting up on the couch sleeping vertically when I could. I thought I was finally feeling a little better until I threw up at 4 am and realized I was throwing up blood. I returned to my doctor's office first thing in the morning and she sent me straight to the ER.
The ER medical team tested my blood for genetic disorders and did an ultrasound of both of my legs, looking for a sign or trace of a DVT but found none. Shortly after the CT scan was completed that afternoon a doctor came in and told me I had multiple blood clots in both of my lungs and that I was being admitted to the hospital. Within minutes I was receiving my first blood thinner injection. I was not sure what exactly this all meant. I had heard the term "pulmonary embolism" before but did not know what it was.
I was released from the hospital after three days and spent the next three months unable to work while recovering. Even on the pain medicine, I was in constant pain until almost November, which was when I was able to lay down again. I saw a hematologist after being released from the hospital and he told me I tested positive for the inherited clotting disorder called Factor V Leiden (FVL). They believe that FVL, combined with being on birth control, is what caused the pulmonary emboli.
Currently, I am still on blood thinning medication and back at work part-time, although fatigue is still a factor in my recovery. I had been doing Zumba exercise three times a week before this happened. Now, going to work and moving around is enough to tire me out. I'm working on getting my endurance back; however, I am finding out that it's a slow, long recovery process. I will soon be meeting again with my hematologist to discuss how I can best live successfully with FVL in the future.
To learn more about deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, visit the following sites:
www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/dvt/facts.html
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/dvt
“This Is Serious” is a campaign that promotes awareness of how to prevent deep vein thrombosis, or blood clots, in women. For more information: www.ThisIsSerious.org
Stop the Clot is a program of the National Blood Clot Alliance, a non-profit, voluntary health organization dedicated to advancing the prevention, early diagnosis and successful treatment of life-threatening blood clots such as deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism and clot-provoked stroke. For more information: www.StopTheClot.org
www.stoptheclot.org/spreadtheword
Clot Connect is an education and outreach project of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Blood Clot Outreach Program. For more information: www.clotconnect.org/
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Please view these photos as a set. I tried to capture different aspects of the New Orleans landscape today, from successes to frustrations, devastation to beignets. The city goes on, especially the tourist district, and I encourage you to go there, have a good time, and spend a lot of money, but the level of governmental neglect and general sorrow astonished me. For an introductory essay, see here.
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My name is Amaris White and I want to share my personal experience with blood clots. My hope is that by sharing this information, you will learn the signs and symptoms of this potentially fatal condition and know how to protect yourself and others.
In 2012 I was an active and healthy 25-year-old. I had run two half-marathons during the past year, and I was traveling for a month with friends to Southeast Asia to celebrate my successful completion of the bar exam.
We had been traveling for a few weeks when my lower back started to ache. I didn’t think much of it and ignored it for a week, chalking it off to the uncomfortable hostel beds. On our last night in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, my leg started to swell and within a few hours the pain and swelling were so severe that I could no longer walk. My left leg became discolored and for the next two days my roommate and I went to different hospitals in Malaysia in order to get a diagnosis—all the while my leg grew progressively darker, the pain increasingly crippling. I had a difficult time getting a diagnosis, but ultimately I was able to have my leg and foot examined through Doppler ultrasound. These test results confirmed that I had deep vein thrombosis (DVT), a condition in which a blood clot develops in a deep vein in the body.
Here I was—10,000 miles from home and with a severe DVT. My entire left leg, through my pelvis and nearly all the way to my heart, had an enormous blood clot. My condition was so serious I could have easily lost a leg or died. To top it off, though I didn’t know it yet, part of the blood clot in my leg had already broken off and traveled through my heart and into my lungs. This complication (called “pulmonary embolism” or PE) is often fatal.
Because my prognosis was grave and I needed more medical attention, I flew from Malaysia to Tokyo. I made this decision, despite the risks, based on the recommendation of my friend’s father, an emergency room physician. When I arrived in Tokyo I was rushed into the intensive care unit and into surgery, where they confirmed the DVT and multiple PEs. To prevent more PEs, the Japanese doctors placed a special filter, called an inferior vena cava filter (IVC filter), into the vein that goes to my heart. This filter was surgically placed to prevent future life-threatening PEs by catching blood clots before they traveled into my lungs.
It is likely I had blood clots for at least three weeks but did not know it. Anyone can have DVT, but your risks increase with each risk factor present. I had just slept through three long flights to Bangkok—1 hour, 12 hours, and 7 hours long. I was exhausted and dehydrated from a weekend of celebrating the end of the bar exam. I slept the entirety of each plane ride, walking only to transfer between flights. I now know that on long-distance travel such as this, you are advised to move the legs and flex the calf muscles in order to help reduce the risk of blood clots.
I later found out that I had two other risk factors, which greatly increased my odds of developing blood clots. I was on hormonal birth control and I have a genetic condition called Factor V Leiden. Factor V Leiden is a relatively common inherited blood clotting disorder that can result in thrombophilia. Thrombophilia is a disorder in which there is an increased tendency to form blood clots that can block blood vessels.
After having DVT as extensive as mine, I was told that I wouldn’t be able to run again without excruciating pain. Determined not to let my medical history define my future, I have since trained for and run two half marathons and am currently training for three more half marathons in the spring of 2014, and the New York City marathon in November 2014.
Your body can do a lot for you. I have exceeded all my doctors’ expectations, and because of my running and physical activity, my body has compensated by creating new veins. This process is called vein collateralization. In other words, even though my deep vein is blocked off because of DVT, my body is continually developing new, collateral veins to carry my blood. Enough blood can now travel to the tissues in my leg through smaller, collateral veins that have developed to help the flow of blood. And even though my running is still painful, by keeping my blood pumping and staying active, I am running faster and longer every day.
If you have had DVT, I encourage you to stay active to improve your physical condition. Learn everything you can about your risk factors and the signs and symptoms. Protect yourself and learn more about the facts of DVT and PE by visiting here:
www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/dvt/facts.html
To learn more about deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, visit the following sites:
www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/dvt/facts.html
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/dvt
“This Is Serious” is a campaign that promotes awareness of how to prevent deep vein thrombosis, or blood clots, in women. For more information: www.ThisIsSerious.org
Stop the Clot is a program of the National Blood Clot Alliance, a non-profit, voluntary health organization dedicated to advancing the prevention, early diagnosis and successful treatment of life-threatening blood clots such as deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism and clot-provoked stroke. For more information: www.StopTheClot.org
www.stoptheclot.org/spreadtheword
Clot Connect is an education and outreach project of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Blood Clot Outreach Program. For more information: www.clotconnect.org/
Please view these photos as a set. I tried to capture different aspects of the New Orleans landscape today, from successes to frustrations, devastation to beignets. The city goes on, especially the tourist district, and I encourage you to go there, have a good time, and spend a lot of money, but the level of governmental neglect and general sorrow astonished me. For an introductory essay, see here.
This had been a salon.
Please view these photos as a set. I tried to capture different aspects of the New Orleans landscape today, from successes to frustrations, devastation to beignets. The city goes on, especially the tourist district, and I encourage you to go there, have a good time, and spend a lot of money, but the level of governmental neglect and general sorrow astonished me. For an introductory essay, see here.
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Suzanne Lambregts is a 19-year-old from Alberta, Canada, shown here recovering in the Red Deer Regional Hospital from her second incident of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, with the support of her boyfriend, Austin Bristow.
Suzanne’s story: I'm a 19-year-old who has survived two consecutive incidents of deep vein thrombosis (DVTs) and pulmonary embolism in a period of 9 months. My primary care doctors and hematologists have not been able to come up with a reason for either incident. My purpose in sharing my story is to raise further awareness about blood clots, as well as provide inspiration to those struggling. The date of my first diagnosis was June 1, 2011, when I learned I had DVTs in my left arm, total occlusion to the subclavian vein and an acute pulmonary embolism in my left lung. I was working in a saw mill piling lumber when at work I suddenly had to hyperventilate just to breathe. I took a few days off work on bed rest and it seemed to settle down. So I returned to work, and that same night my left arm swelled to at least twice its normal size. I then saw two different doctors before one suggested that they should look for clots and that’s when my clots were found.
I spent a week in the University of Alberta hospital in Edmonton, Canada, where a series of tests were done. No leads came about to explain why this had happened so suddenly. I was on birth control pills for a period of 3 months before the diagnosis, but it was ruled out that this could be the cause because it was highly unlikely the extent of my clots could develop that fast. It took me about two months, but I regained my strength and continued with work and started my college education in massage therapy. I seemed to be responding well to the blood thinners until around Christmas time when I started getting random chest pains. Also, my left arm would swell after any massages I did.
In January 2012 I was doubling over with sudden chest pains. My instructors convinced me, even though I was reluctant, to get checked out at the emergency department. Because my vital signs were stable, the emergency room doctor told me to come back the following morning for an ultrasound. They then found that my subclavian vein had blood clots again and that there was a large mass in my right lung. Angels must have been looking after me because again, I survived. This time internal medicine doctors ran a variety of tests and nothing abnormal came back. We were all at a loss for words. I used to be an extremely healthy and active girl, but once you get hit with two blood clots, even daily life changes. I’m young, and have no idea if another clot will hit, but I'm a survivor of a silent killer that could have taken me the first time. It’s made me realize how much of a gift life truly is. I'm hopeful that we'll find a cause for these clots soon and that eventually researchers will be able to learn more about the nature of blood clots and how to prevent them for other’s sake.
To learn more about deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, visit the following sites:
www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/dvt/facts.html
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/dvt
“This Is Serious” is a campaign that promotes awareness of how to prevent deep vein thrombosis, or blood clots, in women. For more information: www.ThisIsSerious.org
Stop the Clot is a program of the National Blood Clot Alliance, a non-profit, voluntary health organization dedicated to advancing the prevention, early diagnosis and successful treatment of life-threatening blood clots such as deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism and clot-provoked stroke. For more information: www.StopTheClot.org
www.stoptheclot.org/spreadtheword
Clot Connect is an education and outreach project of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Blood Clot Outreach Program. For more information: www.clotconnect.org/
Rick’s Story
I am a 47 year old male, and am a DVT survivor. I rolled my ankle in January of 2012 playing tennis. I went directly to the emergency room, and they put me in a boot. I wore the boot for 4 weeks, then removed it and began wearing an ankle brace. It was uncomfortable, and swollen, but the swelling seemed to go down each night. After 6 weeks, my ankle and calf were extremely swollen during the day; about 250% the size of my other leg. I showed it to some friends, who have had multiple sprains before, and they immediately told me that it wasn’t right. I called and set an appointment with my doctor for the next day.
Upon seeing my leg, the doctor immediately sent me to the hospital for an ultrasound. I sat out in the hospital parking lot, and did a webinar and conference call for a prospective customer before going in; I did not yet understand the severity of my condition. When the technician did the ultrasound, she informed me that I had blood clots up and down my entire leg, and proceeded to show me the screen and explain what it meant. They then had me check into the hospital. At this point, I thought they'd give me a shot, and I would still be able to make it to my friend’s house to watch the NCAA basketball tournament. He was cooking up steaks, and I purposely skipped lunch so as not to ruin my appetite. I had been walking on it, and had been flying for work, for the past six weeks. How bad could it be? Well, after having 3 or 4 nurses tell me that it was a miracle I was still here, and after talking to the doctor later that evening, the severity of the situation began to set in.
The doctor strongly urged me to have a procedure called catheter-directed thrombolysis. What happened to the magic shot and some medicine, so I could go eat my steak and watch basketball with my friends? The doctor said that the interventional radiologist had reviewed my ultrasound, and suggested we do the surgery Sunday morning. I spoke with a doctor friend of mine, who called a hematologist friend of his, who stated that if the interventional radiologist was willing to come in on a weekend for surgery, I had better say yes; apparently they do not normally come in on weekends. I read up on the topic all I could, and then said let’s go through with the surgery. While it was a little uncomfortable, as I had a catheter in the vein in my calf for 24 hours and could not move, it was well worth it! The procedure cleared up almost all of the clots, and they inserted an inferior vena cava (IVC) filter to keep any remaining clots from getting to my lungs and causing a pulmonary embolism (PE).
I had no idea that I could get a blood clot from having a sprained ankle. I guess if I had gone to the doctor for a two week checkup, it may have been caught sooner. Nonetheless, within a week after being released from the hospital, I was walking on the treadmill; albeit at a much slower pace than I am used to. I had read on several internet sites that walking was the best thing for healing, and I am used to walking on the treadmill every morning. After 4 weeks, I was walking on the treadmill at the same speed as previous, and after 6 weeks I started playing tennis again. After 3 months, they removed the IVC filter. While I am now wearing a compression stocking on the one leg, and am on blood thinners, I am back to all the activities in which I engaged before DVT, and at the same level; not that I was any good before. Also, my leg is barely swollen. I feel so blessed that God was watching over me. I guess He has more work for me to do here.
CDC would like to thank Rick for sharing his personal story.
To learn more about deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, visit the following sites:
www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/dvt/facts.html
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/dvt
“This Is Serious” is a campaign that promotes awareness of how to prevent deep vein thrombosis, or blood clots, in women. For more information: www.ThisIsSerious.org
Stop the Clot is a program of the National Blood Clot Alliance, a non-profit, voluntary health organization dedicated to advancing the prevention, early diagnosis and successful treatment of life-threatening blood clots such as deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism and clot-provoked stroke. For more information: www.StopTheClot.org
www.stoptheclot.org/spreadtheword
Clot Connect is an education and outreach project of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Blood Clot Outreach Program. For more information: www.clotconnect.org/
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I’m Danielle Kahn. When I was 36 I went on a business trip, flying out west to Utah for a few days-- a four hour flight from Atlanta. While there, I went running in Salt Lake City for a few miles and felt a little bit uncomfortable at the altitude there, which was 4,300 feet. I flew home and did not move around or drink very much on the flight. When I returned to work a few days later, I had developed a strange hacking cough. Inconsistent with being fit from running, I was short of breath and dizzy when climbing stairs. I carried on for a few days, thinking I had a bad chest cold and I would be better in a few days. Then, in the middle of the night, I woke up suddenly, my heart exploding as though I had been sprinting. It felt like someone had shot me in the lungs, or like cotton was stuffed in my lungs. I did not know what was happening to me but knew I had to get to the hospital. I drove myself there, having trouble breathing and speeding recklessly.
My experience with the emergency room physician that night was not a positive one. I was misdiagnosed with asthma and treated with albuterol. I was never given blood work or a CT scan. I pleaded with the doctor and nurses not to discharge me because I still, after several hours, was having trouble breathing. I was extremely anxious and told to take a Xanax® and go home. There were people who needed my space more.
The next few days I was able to receive some help from family. We were able to make an appointment with a pulmonologist and through a process that took almost another week, I was correctly diagnosed as having had a pulmonary embolism. I had no known risk factors except a hour flight and dehydration. In terms of the treatment, I did not tolerate blood thinners very well and had to take blood thinning injections for a few months.
I did not return to work for 6 weeks. The recovery from something like this is fairly long. Psychologically, I was prone to anxiety and depression as a result of my experience. But I was determined to get well and get on with my life. Over time, I felt better and started exercising more. I was able to take up swimming and jogging and found that these activities helped me increase my lung capacity.
This experience changed me in a very deep way. I can never take my life for granted again. I was able to reprioritize and focus on new things in life. The idea of living for today became very real to me. All in all, I was able to grow as a human being and feel more grounded from this experience. More so, I work as an epidemiologist at CDC and have taken on a passionate interest in the public health implications of my experience with pulmonary embolism. I hope one day I can say that I have positively impacted the health outcomes of people at risk for this condition.
To learn more about deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, visit the following sites:
www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/dvt/facts.html
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/dvt
“This Is Serious” is a campaign that promotes awareness of how to prevent deep vein thrombosis, or blood clots, in women. For more information: www.ThisIsSerious.org
Stop the Clot is a program of the National Blood Clot Alliance, a non-profit, voluntary health organization dedicated to advancing the prevention, early diagnosis and successful treatment of life-threatening blood clots such as deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism and clot-provoked stroke. For more information: www.StopTheClot.org
www.stoptheclot.org/spreadtheword
Clot Connect is an education and outreach project of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Blood Clot Outreach Program. For more information: www.clotconnect.org/
Beth Waldron is program director at Clot Connect. She is shown here with her son Evan at a University of North Carolina football game with the team mascot—a ram named Rameses.
Beth’s story: I developed deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and bi-lateral pulmonary embolism (PE) in 2003 at the age of 34.
My clots were not immediately diagnosed. Neither I nor my health care provider recognized my symptoms as due to a blood clot. The leg pain associated with my DVT was initially attributed to a pulled muscle. The chest pain and shortness of breath associated with my PE was initially diagnosed as a respiratory infection for which I was prescribed antibiotics. Only after a second painful PE episode nearly a week later were the correct diagnostic tests performed and an accurate DVT and PE diagnosis obtained.
I was hospitalized for nine days during which time testing revealed that I have a genetic predisposition to clotting: I am homozygous for the Factor V Leiden mutation. This mutation, along with starting oral contraceptives, likely contributed to my clotting episode. Today, I remain on blood thinners and will likely do so for life. Fortunately, I am doing very well and in good health. I feel very fortunate to have survived my clotting episode and am fully recovered. As a result of my experience with blood clots, I am now heavily involved in promoting greater blood clot education for both patients and health care providers.
To learn more about deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, visit the following sites:
www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/dvt/facts.html
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/dvt
“This Is Serious” is a campaign that promotes awareness of how to prevent deep vein thrombosis, or blood clots, in women. For more information: www.ThisIsSerious.org
Stop the Clot is a program of the National Blood Clot Alliance, a non-profit, voluntary health organization dedicated to advancing the prevention, early diagnosis and successful treatment of life-threatening blood clots such as deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism and clot-provoked stroke. For more information: www.StopTheClot.org
www.stoptheclot.org/spreadtheword
Clot Connect is an education and outreach project of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Blood Clot Outreach Program. For more information: www.clotconnect.org/
My name is Tom Hogan and my blood clot story starts back in 1992. While serving on active duty in the Navy, I started having calf pain that didn’t seem to subside. I made an appointment with my medical officer for the command who strongly believed the pain was the result of a sore muscle from a recent bike race I had participated in. I was prescribed 800 mg ibuprofen and told to report back if my pain didn’t get any better as the week went on. On that Friday I reported back saying my leg was really bothering me and that the ibuprofen didn’t really help. After my medical examination, the doctor still believed that the pain was related to a torn or pulled calf muscle. I was told to come back on Monday if it still didn’t get any better. Over the weekend the pain increased but the appearance of my legs didn’t change. On Monday morning I awoke to see my leg swollen in circumference and bright red in appearance. When I stood, I found that I could not bear any weight on that leg due to the excruciating pain. The medical officer referred me to radiology where they performed a venogram, confirming that I had a series of clots ranging from my ankle to my hip. I was immediately hospitalized and placed on a blood thinner. During my hospital stay, my medical team also found a pulmonary embolism during a lung scan. I was told at discharge from the hospital that I was lucky to be alive and probably would not regain full use of my affected leg; but I have.
After six months of blood thinning therapy, I returned to full duty. However, in 1995, I had a familiar pain in my leg (opposite of the one I previously had a clot in). My doctor was pretty sure it was not a clot but ordered a venogram just in case. The test showed I had suffered yet another deep vein thrombosis. In 1996 I was referred to Harvard Medical where I was found to have a genetic clotting disorder called Factor V Leiden as well as elevated homocysteine levels. I remained on a blood thinning medicine for about three years before it was stopped. During this short period of time when I stopped taking this medicine, I suffered several superficial clots. Since 2001, I have remained on low-intensity blood thinning medicine and have not had a clotting episode since.
To learn more about deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, visit the following sites:
www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/dvt/facts.html
www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/dvt
“This Is Serious” is a campaign that promotes awareness of how to prevent deep vein thrombosis, or blood clots, in women. For more information: www.ThisIsSerious.org
Stop the Clot is a program of the National Blood Clot Alliance, a non-profit, voluntary health organization dedicated to advancing the prevention, early diagnosis and successful treatment of life-threatening blood clots such as deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism and clot-provoked stroke. For more information: www.StopTheClot.org
www.stoptheclot.org/spreadtheword
Clot Connect is an education and outreach project of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Blood Clot Outreach Program. For more information: www.clotconnect.org/
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