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<blockquote data-quote="ziggy_w" data-source="post: 1785644" data-attributes="member: 323454"><p>Hi [USER=472718]@briped[/USER],</p><p></p><p>Wonderful reply. It's brilliant that you decided to join the forum.</p><p></p><p>My experience was quite similar. My hubby took me to the emergency entrance after I felt that the sore muscle pain had started moving upwards -- this was three to four days after the first symptoms occurred. In hospital then, I was diagnosed with DVT. When they did a CT scan, they also found that there were some blood clots in my lungs -- though I was still asymptomatic. I guess we are both incredibly lucky to be alive.</p><p></p><p>Like you, I remember the HCPs keeping on asking why I got the embolism. I had travelled the week before, but apparently the flight wasn't long enough to cause DVT. It seems to matter whether the DVT/embolism is provoked or unprovoked -- I guess this is why they keep asking. They even did genetic testing, but it seems I have no genetic abnormalities. Did they test this for you too?</p><p></p><p>Personally, I attribute the embolism to high blood sugars and high cortisol (due to extreme work stress and lack of sleep). Did you know that people with Cushing's syndrome (who produce way too much cortisol) have a tenfold increased risk of DVT?</p><p></p><p>Anyway, when I saw my GP in September last year (approx. 2 yrs later), he suggested that I come of blood thinners (im my case Apixaban Eliquis) and that I stop wearing the stocking. So, wearing stockings doesn't necessarily have to be forever.</p><p></p><p>The exercises you found sound interesting. What type of exercises are they? The nurse told me that flexing the front of my feet (with heels on the ground) while sitting is helpful in strengthening the muscles that support the veins in your calves.</p><p></p><p>Are you planning to get your leg/foot checked out? Maybe, they can do an ultrasound scan to see if there is any blockage.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ziggy_w, post: 1785644, member: 323454"] Hi [USER=472718]@briped[/USER], Wonderful reply. It's brilliant that you decided to join the forum. My experience was quite similar. My hubby took me to the emergency entrance after I felt that the sore muscle pain had started moving upwards -- this was three to four days after the first symptoms occurred. In hospital then, I was diagnosed with DVT. When they did a CT scan, they also found that there were some blood clots in my lungs -- though I was still asymptomatic. I guess we are both incredibly lucky to be alive. Like you, I remember the HCPs keeping on asking why I got the embolism. I had travelled the week before, but apparently the flight wasn't long enough to cause DVT. It seems to matter whether the DVT/embolism is provoked or unprovoked -- I guess this is why they keep asking. They even did genetic testing, but it seems I have no genetic abnormalities. Did they test this for you too? Personally, I attribute the embolism to high blood sugars and high cortisol (due to extreme work stress and lack of sleep). Did you know that people with Cushing's syndrome (who produce way too much cortisol) have a tenfold increased risk of DVT? Anyway, when I saw my GP in September last year (approx. 2 yrs later), he suggested that I come of blood thinners (im my case Apixaban Eliquis) and that I stop wearing the stocking. So, wearing stockings doesn't necessarily have to be forever. The exercises you found sound interesting. What type of exercises are they? The nurse told me that flexing the front of my feet (with heels on the ground) while sitting is helpful in strengthening the muscles that support the veins in your calves. Are you planning to get your leg/foot checked out? Maybe, they can do an ultrasound scan to see if there is any blockage. [/QUOTE]
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