I've been to our crappy little er twice in the last week And also to my dr. All offered little help

"Pancreitis" said one dr. X-rays and bloodwork.

"Stomach bug, I'll give you these 2 medications for pain and stomach spasms" they did X-rays to look for a blockage. Bloodwork.

"You just need to let your sleeve heal, I'll give you a script, it's gerd"

Still, pain. New pain that's in my lower back. "Leak" I thought.

Came to the real er instead of the wannabe one and they immediately did bloodwork and a ct scan w contrast and Iv contrast.

I have blood clots in the veins that are in my intestines. Rare, especially for someone my age. So I'm in the hospital, about to start a heparin drip and I'll be here a while.

So much for saving money by going to Mexico, huh? I'm glad I'm finally getting taken care of.

Sure hoped I'd never have to post here.

This really is a bunch of ****! I hate that you are going through all of this! I had an allergic reaction once a few years ago, my face swelled up and I looked like Rocky Dennis from "Mask" never did figure out what it was from, do the docs think it was from your meds? How long we're you taking them before you swelled up?

Anybody out there?

I'm not feeling strong. This is starting to get to me.

Hey Amy. How are you doing? I hope things are progressing along in a positive way.

Stay strong! You've been such a strong positive addition to the forum. You're in my prayers. Feel free to reach out anytime!

Amanda Rae

This really is a bunch of ****! I hate that you are going through all of this! I had an allergic reaction once a few years ago' date=' my face swelled up and I looked like Rocky Dennis from "Mask" never did figure out what it was from, do the docs think it was from your meds? How long we're you taking them before you swelled up?

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Novam, the docs think it was either the Coumadin or the lovenox so they took me off both and put me on arixtra. The swelling started on day 3 of those 2 meds.

It was 140 for the shot because my ins wouldn't cover it. Went to my doc today and he has me on a blood thinner pill and 2 diff things to take the swelling Down.

Here is a really bad after nap shot of me from today. ( if it works)

Pantala I say the same thing. I did this to be healthy and now I just feel like an 80 year old woman, going to the dr. All the time and always having a new ailment.

This too shall pass.

How can you tell if you have a clot? What does it feel like? Symptoms?

first sign i totally ignored - bloody bowl movement

Pantala I say the same thing. I did this to be healthy and now I just feel like an 80 year old woman, going to the dr. All the time and always having a new ailment.

This too shall pass.

me too - and yes it will

Minimii, please remind me about your blood clot? Where t was, treatment, etc? We really should talk more.

I never had bloody stool.

the pain i was in reminded me of how i felt when i had galstones - VERY painful. they had me on lovenox 2x a day in the hospital' date=' but the way the script was written it was 4x a day at home . they took me off the warfarin/Coumadin pills while in the hospital because it appeared to be making my clots grow - plus the specialist prefers to wait after a month or two on the shots to change over to the pills. so next month i will be switching over to the warfarin pills, but for now he has me on fondaparinux 1x a day. when i go back next month they will do xrays and stuff to check if everything is going as planned.[/quote']

Reread

Seems like your drs are more on it than mine.

Went to the er w a reaction to warfarin or lovenox. Thy put me on arixtra, another shot.

Went to the dr. Yesterday and he seems to think all I need is xarelto. A pill. Who knows. I wish they would take this more seriously. Or maybe they are and I need to relax. There is no talk of X-rays or anything.

I will pm you

Here is the link to what I posted on vsg when I was in the hospital...

http://www.verticalsleevetalk.com/topic/64259-blood-clots/

things kinda went like this...

Thursday - bloody bowl movement

Friday - sick, feeling pain in back & under ribs

Saturday - eat greasy food, get sick & dehydrated

Sunday - admitted to the hospital for dehydration

LINKS TO SOME OTHER POST I REPLIED TO ABOUT BLOOD CLOTS.....

http://www.verticalsleevetalk.com/topic/73382-help-im-soooo-very-afraid-of-blood-clots/

http://www.verticalsleevetalk.com/topic/73416-lupus-antigen/

Aaww Amy,

I'm so sorry you are going through all of this

Wishing you super speedy recovery!!

Hugs!

Hang in there Amy!

So sorry to hear of your hospital stay Amy! Hoping for the best for you!