GWS ColinJ.. DVT/Pulmonary Embolism

[rich p]

Feck me Col, are you still alive? I thought you'd carked it ages ago!
GWS

 

[ColinJ]

Thanks all!

I do feel better having the support of so many CycleChatters on this thread and in real life.

I think I will ask a mod to add a mention of DVT/Pulmonary Embolism to the thread title so it will attract the attention of people who have the same problems and/or risk factors, but who hadn't realised what the thread is about. Most people I speak to do not have a clue what these conditions are, how common they are, how horrifyingly easy it is to fall foul of them, or how devastating they can be.

It sounds like you need a good woman to take care of you ... wonder where you'd find one ...

I'm not saying anything!

 

[ColinJ]

Feck me Col, are you still alive? I thought you'd carked it ages ago!
GWS

The Grim Reaper has been slacking! He had about 6 weeks of untreated clotting to get me the first time, and 3 weeks this time, but I am still around with enough energy to post endless nonsense here and elsewhere ...

(Knowing my luck, I will probably pop my clogs rather suddenly now, but if so, at least I will go out sticking 2 fingers up at death!)

 

[Herr-B]

. . . at least I will go out sticking 2 fingers up at death!)

I think your logic has been affected.

 

[Doseone]

Hope you're ok (as well as can be under the circumstances anyway!), sorry to hear you've had another setback, must be so so frustrating for you.

All the best.

 

[Archie_tect]

If there is the slightest risk of you popping your clogs, then wrap them in cling-film and put them safely in the back of the wardrobe out of harm's way.

 

[ColinJ]

I think your logic has been affected.

Okay, I will be sticking 2 fingers up at Death just before Death has the last laugh after all!

It has been a busy day ... I travelled back from the Midlands and then went to see my GP in Hebden Bridge. She gave me my Clexane/Heparin shot, contacted the anticoagulation clinic, prescribed my Warfarin, booked nurses to give me more Clexane shots until the Warfarin has taken effect, booked me in for an INR test at the start of next week, and arranged to contact the Midlands hospital to ask them for the scan and blood test results they have for me, and to update my consultant up here with developments!

I spent the last month or so trying to get a friend into cycling and she is now disappointed that I won't be doing much cycling with her for a while until I am happy that the clotting is back under control. I might do some very easy rides along the local towpath/cycleway, but that will be about it until I lose the S.O.B. (shortness of breath!).

 

[GrasB]

Okay, I will be sticking 2 fingers up at Death just before Death has the last laugh after all!

I think your new nickname is mouse:

 

[ColinJ]

Blimey Colin....all those injections. I bet a certain part of your anatomy feels like a pin cushion

I'd normally ask for photos but perhaps we could pass on this occasion

The Heparin jabs are okay. I don't mind them into the belly fat because I hardly feel the needle. The drug itself makes the flesh throb for a couple of minutes, but it is only like getting a mild wasp sting.

The thing that I really hate is having a cannula put into a vein on the back of my hand!

 

[classic33]

The Heparin jabs are okay. I don't mind them into the belly fat because I hardly feel the needle. The drug itself makes the flesh throb for a couple of minutes, but it is only like getting a mild wasp sting.

The thing that I really hate is having a cannula put into a vein on the back of my hand!

Does the hand go numb after a while?

 

[classic33]

If there is the slightest risk of you popping your clogs, then wrap them in cling-film and put them safely in the back of the wardrobe out of harm's way.

They'd go mouldy!

 

[Wobblers]

Aaargh! I thought you were supposed to be getting better!

One crumb of comfort is that it doesn't sound nearly as bad as the first time - so it sounds more like a temporary set back.Back on the bike in time for summer, yes? (We have to have one, this time, surely?)

Okay, I will be sticking 2 fingers up at Death just before Death has the last laugh after all!

You'll be telling Death to sod off for some time to come yet! (My commiserations to your neighbours )

 

[Aperitif]

Best Wishes.
Just a thought, - as this is now a modified thread, and "directed" at 'viewers' that might have a health concern, would this thread be better placed in 'Health, Fitness and Training'?

 

[ColinJ]

Does the hand go numb after a while?

Er ... TBH, I can't remember! It is just that there is so little flesh there, that you can feel everything that the nurse/doctor is doing, and it can be painful if they aren't good at doing it! Something about having a cannula there just creeps me out ...

When I had my first cannula put in, I turned over in my sleep and caught the end of its nozzle on the bed sheet, which was a damn painful experience! After that, I asked a nurse for a length of elasticated bandage to wrap round the cannula to stop it happening again.

 

[Saluki]

Sorry @Saluki - that's not enough these days.

He needs a too !

Righty ho.


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