Re: Blood Clot or what / Iris

[Guest guest]

Thanks for your kind words of encouragement. I know its the best place but

sometimes I lose my patience thinking all those tests should lead us

somewhere, and when the Vascular surgeon says he dont have it and he si a

specialist...ya wonder whats up w that. Out of all them I would have

believed he knew since he deals w this every day. So 2 say ya and 2 say

nay.....we are lost in the middle. Thanks for listening

and JOe in PA

[ ] Blood Clot or what ??? long

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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 the

> > 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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