Taking long-term blood thinners is not a life sentence, but an important part of a plan to keep me alive and healthy. Here is how a simple shift in thinking changed my entire outlook on a lifelong treatment plan.
Continue reading... March 1, 2019
Blood Clot Awareness Month 2019: Awareness Matters
March is Blood Clot Awareness Month. Find out what it is, why it matters, and how you can help make a difference. Why Blood Clots? It will soon be seven years since I had a blood clot in my left leg (deep vein thrombosis or DVT) that traveled to my lung (pulmonary embolism or PE), […]
Continue reading... February 23, 2019
The First 30 Days of Blood Clot Recovery: My Notes
My Recovery Notes are entries from a handwritten journal I kept for 30 days – from the time when I first thought something was wrong with my leg to the end of my first month out of the hospital. My notes start with the day I went for a short run, and I thought I […]
Continue reading... February 16, 2019
Menstrual Cycles and Anticoagulants: What’s Normal?
If you are a woman, one of the first questions you might have after starting blood thinners may be, “Should my menstrual cycle be this heavy while taking anticoagulants?” It was one of the first things I worried about after I was discharged from the hospital on low molecular weight heparin blood thinning injections several […]
Continue reading... October 10, 2018
How to Handle Anxiety After Blood Clots
I’m frequently asked, “does the anxiety after blood clots ever go away?” My answer is, “usually it gets better, but it takes time – sometimes it takes a long time.” Health-related anxiety after a blood clot is something that many people experience, and it is something that I have dealt with – and still deal […]
Continue reading... August 30, 2018
Happy 36th Birthday to Me
I don’t know what I had planned for this post, but I think it was something different. I wanted to talk about my birthday – I’m 36 today – and I started working on this post like all of my other ones, by looking for images and artwork that inspire and motivate me. In doing […]
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