Deep vein thrombosis!..Spacecadet is ready for the knackers yard!

[spacecadet]

I dont beleive it, woke up yesterday morning with agonisingly painful, swollen calf, took myself off to hospital yesterday afternoon when it didnt get any better and its a dvt!, had my first clexane injection last night..ouch!
have to go back to mau every evening for 5 days to have further injections, didnt get back from hospital till midnight last night, had to sit there with 4 kids, all whom are shattered today, i didnt get to bed till nearly one, then dd was up again at 5.30, so im exhausted, and ive got to go back there again this evening with all the kids in tow.{rant over} thanks for reading this!

I think we all do, cadders!!

sunchowder- a body transplant wouldnt go amiss!

elle macphersons will do

Ha!!! I wouldn't mind her body either!!! :)

im off to hospital now for a chest x-ray to make sure there are no clots on my lungs...feel v nervous.

best of luck, will give you a bell about lunchtime.

(I'm MTS if you hadn't worked it out!)

hi tbb-yes i saw your name change thread!
give me till 2 as it takes 3/4 hour to get to hospital and i could be waiting around a lot.
speak to you later.

okey dokey! will probably call your mobile anyway, so that way you should defo be out of the hozzie if you're contactable!

God I hope you don't get a PE on your lung - I had one after ds was born - it is THE most painful experience of my life - 10 times worse than labour.

God how horrid for you, and what a pain to have to go up to the hospital every night for a week. Can they not move the time by an hour (or half an hour) each day, so that at least by the end of the week you are going up more like 6.00 than 8.00? Seem to remember having to do that when I missed an injection once.

Good luck - hope they can get you on the lovely warfarin tablets or on long term injections soon.

Hi, don't resign ureself to long term anti coagulation yet sc. I had recurrent PEs, and was told it was warfarin for life, but the latest research shows that the length of time you take anti-coags for reduces the risk of a recurrence IYSWIM. I took warfarin for 3 years and they agreed to try me off it again, but I have to do cleaxane injections at times of risk. I doubt you'll be on clexane long term, as there is a risk of osteoporosis with long term clexane use, and the normal treatment for that is hormonal, clearly not an option!! Also, you can now self adminster warfarin, reducing the need for the INR clinic. I know its miserable, but keep ure chin up hun!

Meant to say, the best thing is to arm ureself with information! Most of what I know was certainly not volunteered by the hospital / doctor!!

thanks claire-spoke to the dvt nurse today who said that i only have to go twice more after today and after that they will prob put me on warfarin, she said i would probably only have to have warfarin for 3 months and then clexane if for example i had an op.

tbb-im back but have got to have lunch first, then pick ds up from school so can you try me after 3.40??? thanks

Thats great! Look after yourself x

how are you feeling now SC - has the pain & swelling subsided?
My cousin had a dvt when she was pregnant with her first & has been able to come off all the thiners now, other than asprin. She would have to go back on again if she was going to have any kind of surgery.
Sounds like you are not quite ready for the knackers yet!

bugsy-its still tender but i can walk on it, the most painful time was when i woke up on monday morning.
tbb-sorry i missed you, someone else rang tried to return youir call, but you are out!