Oh REALLY? A Bloodclot? Big surprise!

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Yep, that’s right! I have a bloodclot. Remember the other day when I was complaining about the pain in my leg and ankle? Last Wednesday I had my “chemo counseling” and the nurses told me that it was pinched nerve and she would “mention” to the doctor that I had pain, but this was not a priority for them.

The Chemo was the main priority. Thursday day and night the pain continued to get worse and my leg continued to swell up. Friday am I made an appointment with my primary care doctor to get it checked out. He told me that he thought it was a blood clot and I had to get it tested right away. We left there and went straight to the ER room at St. Josephs Hospital. They tested me and found a bloodclot in my right calf.

I started on two different medications to thin out the blood. One is shot I have to give to myself twice a day for 7 days. The other is a pill that I have to take for an indefinite amount of time. Now here’s the kicker; the chemo medication that I am supposed to start on Wednesday includes Avastin. This particular drug has side effects that include blood clots. So what would have happened if I did not go to get this checked out and went along with the docs and just assumed this was arthritis or just a pinched nerve?

This morning the resident came in and told me that the CT Scan from last night showed that I also have a blood clot in my lung. I had mentioned to the doc the day prior that I was having shortness of breath. I had really only noticed it when I had walked up one flight of stairs. I was completely out of breath! I used to be able to run marathons and run flights of stairs without even thinking about it…and now I’m winded from a few steps? What the?

So, here I am still sitting at St. Joe's just waiting. I am waiting to see the Oncologist who is supposed to stop by sometime this afternoon to determine next steps. I may stay through wed and have my first round of Chemo done here at the hospital. I feel very comfortable with this, but not sure if insurance covers this. I believe they only cover this as an outpatient. I am going to double check on Monday.

Another “funny” thing is that today my sister Lisa went to pick up my prescriptions for pain at Walgreen's. Apparently two of the pain medications I am taking have just been recalled! Oxycontin and Oxycodone & or Morphine Sulphate. I think they said the other option is Percoset? I know those are horrible. I took them in the hospital when I was first diagnosed and they have me horrible nightmares. So I guess I just have to wait and see what the doc says about this. The nurse has not heard of any of these being recalled…

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