Widowmaker and other Heart Problems Club

Jadaharabi said

Got a call from my cardiologist office I evidently have a large blood clot in my heart so they switched my pills to Koumadin and I am to give myself two shots a day of a different drug to dissolve the blood clot, for the next 7 days. Oh what fun I'm having in Peoria.

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Koumadin... my grandpa (passed 2018) took that for many years after having some blood clots in his legs in the early 2000s, died essentially from natural causes but also after having 3+ strokes within the last 5 years of his life. Someone in my family, I forget who, said there was newer evidence that blood thinners do little to prevent blood clots but they do make you bleed like crazy if you get a cut and bruises will be big and nasty. He loved to work outside doing gardening and yardwork and I remember how hard it was for him to control bleeding from minor cuts and when he'd get a bruise it would be much larger than normal. Might want to get a second opinion and/or do a little of your own research. My mom has various health problems that are getting worse as she ages (rheumatoid arthritis, bipolar, nerve problems in her back) and I keep telling her to be cautious about what treatments her doctors plan and drugs they prescribe. Sadly she usually doesn't do any research or get a second opinion until after she's in the hospital because something got serious or one of her doctors was a dipshit and misdiagnosed her.

Kind of on that note I hardly trust doctors who work for these giant medical hospital "corporations" and are essentially on the payroll of big pharma. I just got a new doctor after moving from CO to GA and he has a private practice here in this small town "old-school style" and he's really not big on prescribing medications as the primary treatment. His office isn't in some giant fancy hospital with cutting-edge technology and lots of quasi-competent staff like so many I saw back in CO. OK rant over lol... Hoping you recover from this issue @Jadaharabi