Re: Blood Clot or what ??? Gail

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Hi Gail--ya know i did read about a bakers cyst while surfing the net late

last nite. First Cellulitis was ruled out cuz his white count wasnt

up...then they said DVT (deep vein thrombosis). Kinda scary. His calf did

hurt....seems somethings mimic other things. Take care and thanks for your

help0

and Joe in PA

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> Hi friends...

> I have a question for you all. My husband Joe is gonna be 33 in August,

he

> has Rheumatoid and Osteo Arthritis. Joe is in the hospital since

> Wednesday--today is Sunday. He went to the famiy DR on Mon last week

cuz he

> was sick. While there he told the DR he has pain in his knee and its

really

> swollen. The DR said its probably a bad flare. So he comes home, goes

to

> work the next AM and later that nite (now its Tuesday) I told him he

should

> go to the ER that he is showing signs of a blood clot. I took him and t

he

> ER DR said 3 tests taken--2 showed negative for a clot yet the d-dimer

test

> was positive and she wanted a doppler in the AM. OK--so we get that

done.

> I call the family DR and they tell me its negative for clot but he

wanted a

> Accutek test done..this is a radioactive dye test and then you wait an

hour

> and they take pictures again.................anyway he gets admitted cuz

the

> radiologist says its a DVT (deep vein thrombosis). I forgot to tell you

his

> symptoms: swollen and red from the knee to the ankle, hot to the touch

and

> painful on the side of his calf muscle. They call a vascular surgeon

in to

> get his opinion and make sure they dont need a screen put in--he SAYS,

there

> is no clot he dont know why he is hooked up to all the blood thinners

> (Heperin and Coumadin by mouth). Meantime our reg DR goes on vacation

ad

> has his asst cover............shes at a loss. He told him if she sends

him

> home and its a clot and it travels it will go tot his lung and can be

> fatal. He was scheduled for a venogram on Friday, they claim all 5

veins in

> the top of his foot that they tried callapsed. I am not sure they know

what

> they are doing personally since the nurse said its a test not common.

> ANYWAY---does he have a clot or not and if he dont have a clot what

could it

> be? These are the ? we all have. They are gonna redo the venogram in

the

> morning (Mon)...if this is a failure I want hi outa there and to a

different

> hospital. Has this happened to any of you? I am beginning to think

maybe

> its a complication from the RA and these guys just arent up on it and

what

> can happen in an RA patient. I know there are other things that come

along

> w this disease, and I am wondering if this isnt one of them and the DR

arent

> catching on. I did read where anyone w a suppressed immune system can

be at

> risk for a clot. Could his swollen knee have brought this on? It was

worse

> then he ever felt or seen, yet I know some flares are so painful. So I

> guess I juts wanted to see if any of you had experienced this and know

where

> I might search the net for problems associated with this disease so I

can be

> informed and better inform the DR if I need to. I am gonna have the DR

> speak w his rheumatologist tomorrow...my main family DR is in Canada on

> vacation--this would be our luck! ANy hints for us? Any experience w

this?

> Thank you all so much in advance. Im in a hurry so I hope I told you it

> all--lol Going to the hosp now. Will check email after 8 tonite.

Thank

> you all again!

> and Joe in Pennsylvania

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