At the moment the only cause of my blood clot is oral contraceptive use. The chances of developing a blood clot while on the pill is very small. Here is a article on thromboembolism and oral contraceptive use (it's a bit of a tough read if you're not into statistics but it's not too bad):http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/421027_4
I also received the results of the V/Q scan and ultrasound of my leg. According to the report my right lung was almost completely blocked, as well as having multiple large clots in my left. I am basically running on a quarter of the lung capacity I usually have... I'm surprised that I don't have any chest pain. Or I just have a crazy pain tolerance. On a good note, there is no evidence of acute or chronic clots in my leg and all veins look normal. Yay!
Today I'm going to attempt a few push ups and sits ups just to see how my body reacts to them. Wish me luck!
Sihing Karissa Martin
Silent River Kung Fu
Stony Plain, AB
Sihing, I sent you blog link to my former colleague who teaches Hematology. She gave me a list of tests for you to get tested and ask your Hematologist about.
ReplyDeleteKeeping you in my thoughts.
Could I get that list from you? I'll show it to my nurse next time I see her to make sure we haven't missed any. Thanks a bunch!
ReplyDeleteSure thing. Here is the body of the email
ReplyDelete"Odd that such extensive clotting was solely due to oral contraceptives. I see she is being tested for lupus anticoagulant which is good but she might also want to be tested for Factor V Leiden, antithrombin-3 deficiency, protein S deficiency, protein C deficiency and prothrombin 20210 mutation. We are finding that these inherited defects in naturally occurring inhibitors of coagulation are must more common than previously thought."
Hope this helps,