Comments for peadarh's AchillesBlog

Comment on 1st Cast Change & Blood Clot! by aileenscotland

aileenscotland — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 16:27:22 +0000

Hi Peadar, going great, just updated my blog today. Been for physio, working on the walking, stretches, exercises and generally keeping out of mischief.

Isn’t it great to be back on two feet after all those weeks in cast? I was 8 weeks too.

Hope you have a great Christmas.

Comment on 1st Cast Change & Blood Clot! by peadarh

peadarh — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 21:34:34 +0000

Hi Aileen,

Must write an update this week,
Going really well,
Got the cast off after 8 weeks and walked out of the hospital, Didn’t expect that.
So now I’m moving at about 40% pace.
Plenty of stretching and slow walking,
Delighted.
How you going?

Comment on 1st Cast Change & Blood Clot! by aileenscotland

aileenscotland — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 18:29:38 +0000

Hi Peadarh, how is the recovery coming along. I’ve been watcing your blog as we’re just a few days apart and on the same dinosaur recovery protocol. Are you out of your cast too?

How is the shuffling going?

Comment on 1st Cast Change & Blood Clot! by peadarh

peadarh — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 21:24:58 +0000

Plenty of clots about the place which def make me feel better. Not allowed to go on the beer while on Warfarin which is a pain. But I think I’ll survive since it is potentially keeping me alive.
Sounds like there is plenty of alert doctors out there I’d definetly take asprin once a day for a couple of weeks. Great simple idea. If only I’d been told.

Comment on 1st Cast Change & Blood Clot! by gqsmoove7

gqsmoove7 — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 12:42:08 +0000

hi there, also had blood clots after 1st cast change back in July, they found 3 - 8cm clots in my left calf, prescibed Warfarin for next 4 months & now all cleared. Good luck with your recovery & be disciplined with your meds, things will get better for you

Comment on 1st Cast Change & Blood Clot! by Jay

Jay — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:27:19 +0000

hey. i actually ended up with a clot behind my knee 2 days post injury as i let my leg rest in the same position for 30 hours. part of the clot went into my lung as well. i had to have an ivc filter installed in my vein prior to surgery and now will also be on warfarin for 6 months. i also had to give myself shots prior and after surgery. i was lucky that my doc caught the fact i had so much pain in the calf that he asked for an ultrasound and caught the clot prior to surgery. i’m now 2 weeks post op and should be getting stitches out soon. so, i know what you’re going through and it sucks. hang in there.

Comment on 1st Cast Change & Blood Clot! by icky

icky — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 15:41:25 +0000

Yeah… I was prescribed aspirin, too… Thanks.

Comment on 1st Cast Change & Blood Clot! by bronny1

bronny1 — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 06:36:09 +0000

Icky- apparently so, its the immobilisation. I was prescribed aspirin once a day while in plaster.

Comment on 1st Cast Change & Blood Clot! by 2ndtimer

2ndtimer — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 02:12:32 +0000

My surgeon told me to take blood thinner for 2 weeks after surgery as preventive measure - hearing your story I am thankful to him.

Comment on 1st Cast Change & Blood Clot! by icky

icky — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 22:32:20 +0000

Wow! Horrible story. Good vibes coming your way, bigtime!

Are blood clots something we non-surgical types need to be concerned about?