Inferior vena cava filter

TheWatcher · May 14, 2008

Ok so how many people have had this .... my doc sprung it on me and said nothing ..... one min i had a surgery date and now i have to get a Inferior vena cava filter placed?:woot::w00t::thumbdown::woot:

gilliebean · May 14, 2008

Is that a filter to prevent a blood clot from being able to get to your heart,lungs or brain?

mammanan · May 14, 2008

Do you have a history of DVT or PE?

faye_may · May 14, 2008

I was banded on 04/30/08, but had a vena cava filter put in the day before because of my history of blood clots and Protein C deficiency. I was in the hospital for 2 days total. My surgeon will make the decision of when to take the filter out on my check-up 0n 05/30. It's not a bad procedure. He made a couple of small incisions in my neck I felt safer the next day going into surgery with that in place. I also had to do 5 days of the Lovenox injection before the two surgeries. Have you had any clots or heart problems that your doctor maybe concerned about?

TheWatcher · May 14, 2008

i have nad no history of anything no clotting no high bp minus the weight, football injuries and asthma i am perfectly healthy.

mammanan · May 14, 2008

I would ask your surgeon why he thinks it is needed.. Does everyone get one? That seems very excessive if you have not had a recent /significant history of clotting.

TheWatcher · May 15, 2008

im sayin

i just doesn't make sense to me i mean a year of research and moths of testing and no one said anything and now i need this or no go... something doesn't seem right

plain · May 15, 2008

Hey Watcher. Did you recently have any lab work done? Because it sounds like maybe they found you had a really short PTT (time it takes for blood to form a clot).

mss · May 15, 2008

im sayin
i just doesn't make sense to me i mean a year of research and moths of testing and no one said anything and now i need this or no go... something doesn't seem right

When is your next appointemnt with your doctor? Definitely go back and ask why they feel you need this and how they realised you needed it. Ask lots of questions. I wish you all the best.

Let us know how it all goes.

Marimaru · May 15, 2008

I don't know how common this is, but I have heard of it before, as a surgical requirement, Lap-band or otherwise. I've never needed one, so I don't know much about why it's needed or how it's decided that a person should have it... but I'm sure that if you ask your doctor, he'll tell you why he feels you need to have one.