: Re: Larry Young, Dr. Husted & Choosing Your Surgeon

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At 9:37 PM +0000 8/13/01, psbilyeu@... wrote:

>Excellent point!!! He had a nurse for his angel--as a nurse myself

>I'm tempted to get a filter--and my BMI is only 43 and I have no Hx

>of clotting. But mother in law---who was so dear to me died on my

>sidewalk, in my arms from a PE. I'm scared sh**less about them.

>They are a rare complication--but few live to tell the tale.

>

>I would have been asking for a filter--with that high of a BMI--but

>that is me.

If I am not mistaken, your IV is infused with blood thinner

(coumadin?) post-op. Maybe not everywhere, though.

--Steve

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In a message dated 8/14/01 12:29:23 AM Pacific Daylight Time,

lionrampart1@... writes:

> LOL, ! I had the ultimate tool to get me out of bed...my

> MOTHER!! It worked when I was a teenager, and at 38 years old post-op

> as well. She used the same tactic! IF it gets really bad for you,

> and your just not wanting to get up, I'll have my mother call your

> room....:)Meli

>

>

Mothers are good at things like that....LOL

~~* AJ *~~

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07/24/01 BMI 64 - 415.1

08/06/01 BMI 59 - 390.2 -24.9 lbs!!!!!!!!!!~~~~

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I had Lovenox/enoxaparin an anticoagulent self administered

(subcutaneously) at home for 10 days after leaving the hoopital.

It's only a once a day formulation but very expensive compared to

heparin.

in Seattle

> Once you get out of the hopsital you don't have the thinner, so

often

> the first week out of the hospital is a fairly high risk for PE.

>

> Hull

>