Re: Yesterday I was doing a search on D-Dimmer....

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I have a chance of blood clots . So I had a

Greenfield filter installed in my blood vescel just

about where my navel is. Made a cut in leg and pushed

it up.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inferior_vena_cava_filter

http://www.venous-info.org/handbook/FAQs/hbk11q.html

P ILL. UIP 8/00

--- scruffyscruffier123

wrote:

> Hi friends! I came across this small phrase, if

> D-Dimmer is elevated

> there's a blood clot forming in your body. My

> D-Dimmer is 0.33 (Normal

> range between 0.00-0.20). In a few days will know if

> it was repeated at

> the hospital when I was there, when we get the

> results.

>

> So far, I have had ultrasounds to check my veins in

> my whole entire

> body. Even a CT Scan to check for lung clots. All

> have been negative

> for blood clots. So where is the blood clot forming

> then? Can it be so

> small they cannot even notice it?

>

> I know I'm at risk for developing blood clots

> because in the past I had

> one develop in my lower leg. Sometimes when they

> have a hard time

> taking blood or inserting an IV, as a last resort

> they go at my foot

> (ouch).

>

> Irene PF 03/07

> Canada

>

>

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