I recently was diagnosed with DVT (AKA a blood clot in my calf). How an active 37 year old gets a blood clot is beyond me, but I have one and am in taking injections and Coumadin to break it up and get my leg back to normal size.
I won't know for 3 to 5 months if I have to stay on blood thinners or not. My fear is that this will REALLY cramp my racing/riding. Blood thinners will make cuts/scrapes a little harder to heal/stop bleeding and a hard fall COULD potentially cause internal bleeding. I really hope to NOT have to stay on it
My question is this- There HAS to be racers out there who have to take blood thinners. How do you cope? Is is possible to race/ride without issues? What are some of your Docs saying? My Doc hasn't been to open right now and prefers the "lets cross that bridge when we cross it" attitude right now. AND it's hard to explain to a Doc that does NOT ride/race how important doing this **** is to you. Anyone have any similar experiences?
Thanks. If nothing else I needed to vent more.
j
I won't know for 3 to 5 months if I have to stay on blood thinners or not. My fear is that this will REALLY cramp my racing/riding. Blood thinners will make cuts/scrapes a little harder to heal/stop bleeding and a hard fall COULD potentially cause internal bleeding. I really hope to NOT have to stay on it
My question is this- There HAS to be racers out there who have to take blood thinners. How do you cope? Is is possible to race/ride without issues? What are some of your Docs saying? My Doc hasn't been to open right now and prefers the "lets cross that bridge when we cross it" attitude right now. AND it's hard to explain to a Doc that does NOT ride/race how important doing this **** is to you. Anyone have any similar experiences?
Thanks. If nothing else I needed to vent more.
j