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janderson1964
janderson1964 Member Posts: 2,215 Member
in Colorectal Cancer #1
I am sitting in the hospital to have my leg looked for what i am almost certain is a DVT (blood clot). I had them im both arms last time i was in treatment 4 years ago but that was telated to my port. This damn disease and the treatments can be so discouraging. The only pain i have experienced in the past 6+ years has been related to the treatments not the disease.

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  • janie1
    janie1 Member Posts: 753 Member
    #2
    sorry - what a pain
    I totally agree. This is a crap disease. Hope it isn't a blood clot, but smart to have it checked. It's always easier to wait too long to see if something gets better on it's own, which isn't so good.
    Take care. Be careful going home.
  • pepebcn
    pepebcn Member Posts: 6,331 Member
    #3
    janie1 said:

    sorry - what a pain
    I totally agree. This is a crap disease. Hope it isn't a blood clot, but smart to have it checked. It's always easier to wait too long to see if something gets better on it's own, which isn't so good.
    Take care. Be careful going home.

    Feel so sorry .
    I agree with you , never had a single symptom due to cancer , all I ever had were problems and pain due to chemo.
    Hope you feel better very soon .
    Hugs!
  • janderson1964
    janderson1964 Member Posts: 2,215 Member
    #4
    pepebcn said:

    Feel so sorry .
    I agree with you , never had a single symptom due to cancer , all I ever had were problems and pain due to chemo.
    Hope you feel better very soon .
    Hugs!

    It was another blood clot.
    It was another blood clot. Four years ago i had a clot in each arm due to a picc line and then a port. This time it is in my lower leg. Any one else have experience with this. ER doc thinks the cancer caused it evan though the tumor was removex two months ago. Anyone else have experience with this?
  • smokeyjoe
    smokeyjoe Member Posts: 1,425 Member
    #5
    janderson1964 said:

    It was another blood clot.
    It was another blood clot. Four years ago i had a clot in each arm due to a picc line and then a port. This time it is in my lower leg. Any one else have experience with this. ER doc thinks the cancer caused it evan though the tumor was removex two months ago. Anyone else have experience with this?

    I had two blood clots, one
    I had two blood clots, one in each lung, have been on Lovenox, onc. keeping me on the lovenox as he said the clots are brought on by the cancer.
  • belindahill
    belindahill Member Posts: 144
    #6
    janderson1964 said:

    It was another blood clot.
    It was another blood clot. Four years ago i had a clot in each arm due to a picc line and then a port. This time it is in my lower leg. Any one else have experience with this. ER doc thinks the cancer caused it evan though the tumor was removex two months ago. Anyone else have experience with this?

    blood clot
    Hi, my husband is having treatment at the present 120mg of clexane for a blood clot in the pelvic area, his oncologist says it was caused by the drug avastin he was having for colon mets.
  • John23
    John23 Member Posts: 2,122 Member
    #7
    janderson1964 said:

    It was another blood clot.
    It was another blood clot. Four years ago i had a clot in each arm due to a picc line and then a port. This time it is in my lower leg. Any one else have experience with this. ER doc thinks the cancer caused it evan though the tumor was removex two months ago. Anyone else have experience with this?

    janderson1964 -


    Re:
    "i had a clot in each arm due to a picc line and then a port.
    This time it is in my lower leg."

    PICC lines, IVs and ports can all cause clots, and the clots
    can show up anyplace, not just in the area of the IV line.

    I had one in my left leg, a few months later in my right leg,
    and one in my left forearm. I never did chemo or radiation;
    the clots were due to the PICC line. In all cases so far, the
    herbs my TCM doc gave me to take dissolved the clot within
    the same day that I took the herbal capsules.

    The first time, my GP and surgeon wanted me to take clot
    buster drugs and have that "umbrella" device inserted in my
    artery..... It's nice to know there's a better way than that!

    Best wishes,

    John
  • janderson1964
    janderson1964 Member Posts: 2,215 Member
    #8
    John23 said:

    janderson1964 -


    Re:
    "i had a clot in each arm due to a picc line and then a port.
    This time it is in my lower leg."

    PICC lines, IVs and ports can all cause clots, and the clots
    can show up anyplace, not just in the area of the IV line.

    I had one in my left leg, a few months later in my right leg,
    and one in my left forearm. I never did chemo or radiation;
    the clots were due to the PICC line. In all cases so far, the
    herbs my TCM doc gave me to take dissolved the clot within
    the same day that I took the herbal capsules.

    The first time, my GP and surgeon wanted me to take clot
    buster drugs and have that "umbrella" device inserted in my
    artery..... It's nice to know there's a better way than that!

    Best wishes,

    John

    Thanks for the info. The
    Thanks for the info. The second blood clot went into my jugular vein so i ended up in ICU on heparin and thry did an angioplasty. This time and the first time they sent me home with lovinox and coumadin. I hate doing the lovinox shots.
  • smokeyjoe
    smokeyjoe Member Posts: 1,425 Member
    #9
    John23 said:

    janderson1964 -


    Re:
    "i had a clot in each arm due to a picc line and then a port.
    This time it is in my lower leg."

    PICC lines, IVs and ports can all cause clots, and the clots
    can show up anyplace, not just in the area of the IV line.

    I had one in my left leg, a few months later in my right leg,
    and one in my left forearm. I never did chemo or radiation;
    the clots were due to the PICC line. In all cases so far, the
    herbs my TCM doc gave me to take dissolved the clot within
    the same day that I took the herbal capsules.

    The first time, my GP and surgeon wanted me to take clot
    buster drugs and have that "umbrella" device inserted in my
    artery..... It's nice to know there's a better way than that!

    Best wishes,

    John

    John I had the "umbrella
    John I had the "umbrella device" put in for the surgery I had, after surgery they removed it. I think some people have it in for a number of years, but there are a lot of risks associated with them, like, they can move out of place!!! Yikes.

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