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

[Guest guest]

Steve,

Dr. Anthone uses a light dose of Heparin to thin the blood. However a

heavy dose can lead to hemmoraging, so there is a balancing act.

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

> >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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