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A near miss and big consequences

Once the CT scan was interpreted, my wife and I waited over 3 hours, and finding it would be a minimum of 3 hours more to see a cardiovascular specialist, I went home, and notified my GP.

My doctor returned my call at 10PM - He really does work that late regularly, but on a Friday long weekend - he's a saint! I found out why the hospital staff were apparently laissez-faire about my condition. While my situation has risks and is serious, taking Apixiban prevents the formation of new clots, and weakens the surfaces of clots. Blood thinners don't 'bust' clots, apparently, but gives the body time to deal with the clots and heal the damage caused by the restricted blood flow.

So no machining, gardening, cleaning, or anything requiring a force of more than a Kg, except for carefully negotiating stairs - for the next 6-8 weeks, at least. Sucks to not be able to do anything - but he said I had to treat this like a knee or hip replacement, I'm out of service until my cardiovascular system shows significant improvement.

So I'm safe, if I play nice, and am in life danger if I ignore the restrictions - seems simple to me.
 
It's always good to hear of the medical system/doctors working as we need them to. While I have griped enough about how things are not working, I too have had many good outcomes because of the dedicated people in the system.
 
Glad to hear that you’re Ok and on the mend.

No machining etc for 5-6 weeks sucks. I’d climb up the wall. A good time to learn AutoDesk Fusion or some other computer based tasks. Or watch reruns of Oprah, which may be of similar enjoyment to many.
 
I feel for you. After my surgery, I had weight restrictions too, but nothing like yours. The worst of it I couldn't drive my p/u, the clutch was too heavy. I found that annoying. That means we will be getting more of your advice and input !! From our point of view, a good.

Be careful
 
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