[scho63]

I should be dead.

Massive DVT blood clot in my left leg in Oct 2019 that ran from my ankle to halfway in my thigh along with 4 pulmonary embolisms.

The clot was about 10 days old before I went to the ER and I could barely walk. It was a whisker away from completely closing off and stopping blood flow to my heart and killing me instantly.

I spent 5 days in ICU as they performed a thrombectomy with TPH clot busting drug that turned my blood to water. They had nurses monitoring me 24 hours to make sure I didn't bleed out.

They did genetic testing and screened me for cancer as to the root cause but they have no idea why I developed the clot.

Today I wear compression socks, don't fly over 6 hours straight, move around often and continue to work to turn my health around. On 5mg of blood thinner Eliquis twice a day for the rest of my life.