Re: After a week in the hospital...

yipes

glad you are here talking to us
elaich..............take care and good luck with
those meds

kate
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"elaich" <a@xxx> wrote in message
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> I am lucky to be alive.
>
> 53 y/o male, T2, no known family history of any
clotting dysfunction, and
> I develop a blood clot in the thigh that went to
my lungs. I survived the
> dreaded pulmonary embolism, probably by luck.
>
> The doctor felt there was no link to this and
diabetes, only that it must
> be genetic. I am more suspicious. But, there may
a link to my mother. I
> have just learned that miscarriages may be
related to blood clots. My
> mother had a number of miscarriages. Still, she
lived to be 86, and died
> of smoking related lung disease.
>
> Could this be diabetes related? Since I live in
a small, somewhat remote
> town, the extensive labs they took had to be
sent off, and take 2 weeks
> to return results. They are looking for an
undiagnosed condition or a
> genetic tie.
>
> Meanwhile, I have to do at least 9 months of
blood thinners, and maybe
> for the rest of my life. It's a small trade off.
I'm glad to be alive.
>


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