Well, today I went in to get my IVC filter removed (it was placed a week prior to my surgery) and they found a gigantic blood clot "hanging on" to the IVC filter. Sooooooo...yikes.

I'm back home and tomorrow I go in to see my surgeon. I guess we'll discuss what to do at that time. I've never had a blood clot so I'm not sure what the next steps will be. I do know that they scared the crap out of me when I asked if I could still do my walking (I was referring to my nightly "exercise" walk) and they told me that it "should" be okay for me to walk to the bathroom, but to try to avoid bending over because the clot could dislodge. *gulp* Yesterday I was zipping around like normal.

I guess I'm happy I have the filter because it at least prevented the blood clot from heading to my heart or lungs. So...fingers crossed. I'm self-pay and this is going to cost me a fortune, but I'm still kicking.

I had two clots sitting in mine when they removed it. Don't stress (easy to say), as that's the worst thing you can do at this point. Take your coumadin/warfarin, and walk when they say you can walk.

good luck!!

Thank you Lissa. Did they take out your filter even with the clots in it? They just aborted my retrieval procedure and said they could't remove the filter without dislodging the clot and sending it to my heart or lungs.

I'll definitely do what the doc says...to the letter.