As some of you guys know i've been suffering from some pretty bad leg pain since I fell off the back of my van last October. I kept putting off going to the hospital because I do not have health insurance and I was hoping the injuries would heal on their own. All of this time I waa walking around in pain, punching walls and suffering because I didn't want to have ahuge medical bill looming over my head. Well, I was walking around for the past four months with a ticking time bomb inside my body - I was very close to having a fatal Pulmonary Embolism. It turns out that my severe leg pain was due to one huge massive blood clot that stems from my ankle all the way up to my pelvis area throughout the frmoral artery. It was also discovered "through an MRI" that there are two very sizeable blood clots inside my lings as well.
I'm not sure if this was due to the fall or if these massive blood clots were there prior to the fall and that the fall itself dislodged a few pieces of the clot and caused the beginning of months of pain. But I may suffer some permanent side effects from this simply because I manned up and took the pain for 4 months all the time ignoring my better judgement. I just want everyone to be aware of how seriouse DVT blood clots are in the line of work that we do. I was reading that there are over 200 thousand cases of DVT that go undiagnosed each year because there are simply no symptoms and then (bam) you're gone! Please have yourselves checked out as soon as possible and if you have any pain or swelling in the legs or ankles do not take the situation lightly.
The pain in my leg felt like the entire thing was one huge pulled muscle. I am gonna be on pain meds and cumadin "warfaren" for the next six months. I have to get blood tests once a week to monitor the theraputic levels in my blood and abstain from getting injured as I can bleet out like no ones business if I get hurt. It's not fun having people poke and prod you, feed you, ask you if you have passed a bowel movement every few hours for a week, but I kept my mout shut and took the shots of lovinox like a man because the Emergncy Room Doctors saved my life and for that I am greatful. The only comedy that came out of all of this is that I was actively encouraged to use a pee jug at night time so that they can measure how many CC's of urine I passed. Looking back on the discussion that we recently had in here about this topic made me laugh a little bit when the nurse asked me to use the jug instead of the toilet.
Like I said, please watch your health on the road. This job is very hard on the body. We all need to be mindful of our blood pressure, diabetes, blood circulation, and general dietary habits while on the road. I'm going to be making some changes to the way I live my life from now on. Just be aware of your body and don't wait till the last minute to get yourself checked out if you are having any problems. We maintain our vehicles - I spent 6 grand on getting my van healthy and safe to operate and all the while my own body was being neglected and sibjected to unnecessary suffering. It's just a word of caution for the EO community. I'm not looking for sympathy - I'll take being alive to write about it as my life long gift. I sincerely want everyone to be safe out there.
I'm not sure if this was due to the fall or if these massive blood clots were there prior to the fall and that the fall itself dislodged a few pieces of the clot and caused the beginning of months of pain. But I may suffer some permanent side effects from this simply because I manned up and took the pain for 4 months all the time ignoring my better judgement. I just want everyone to be aware of how seriouse DVT blood clots are in the line of work that we do. I was reading that there are over 200 thousand cases of DVT that go undiagnosed each year because there are simply no symptoms and then (bam) you're gone! Please have yourselves checked out as soon as possible and if you have any pain or swelling in the legs or ankles do not take the situation lightly.
The pain in my leg felt like the entire thing was one huge pulled muscle. I am gonna be on pain meds and cumadin "warfaren" for the next six months. I have to get blood tests once a week to monitor the theraputic levels in my blood and abstain from getting injured as I can bleet out like no ones business if I get hurt. It's not fun having people poke and prod you, feed you, ask you if you have passed a bowel movement every few hours for a week, but I kept my mout shut and took the shots of lovinox like a man because the Emergncy Room Doctors saved my life and for that I am greatful. The only comedy that came out of all of this is that I was actively encouraged to use a pee jug at night time so that they can measure how many CC's of urine I passed. Looking back on the discussion that we recently had in here about this topic made me laugh a little bit when the nurse asked me to use the jug instead of the toilet.
Like I said, please watch your health on the road. This job is very hard on the body. We all need to be mindful of our blood pressure, diabetes, blood circulation, and general dietary habits while on the road. I'm going to be making some changes to the way I live my life from now on. Just be aware of your body and don't wait till the last minute to get yourself checked out if you are having any problems. We maintain our vehicles - I spent 6 grand on getting my van healthy and safe to operate and all the while my own body was being neglected and sibjected to unnecessary suffering. It's just a word of caution for the EO community. I'm not looking for sympathy - I'll take being alive to write about it as my life long gift. I sincerely want everyone to be safe out there.
