Wow...I have a date already!!

[Guest guest]

> I am by far no expert and still preop so maybe i am wrong but my dr pushs

> walking ASAP after surgery for blood clots and gas. What will your dr be doing

to

> decrease the chances of blood clots? Just curious!

Normally I am on Coumadin, which I will be stopping a few days before the

surgery

and starting up again two or three days after. Also, I will have the leg wraps

that

pump your blood out of your feet. But more importantly, he will be putting in an

intravenous filter that catches blood clots before they reach the heart or

lungs. Also,

immediately post-surgery I will be on Halperin (sp?). As soon as I am able,

though, I

will be up and walking.

Dep

540/540/230 pre-op

[Guest guest]

> I am by far no expert and still preop so maybe i am wrong but my dr pushs

> walking ASAP after surgery for blood clots and gas. What will your dr be doing

to

> decrease the chances of blood clots? Just curious!

Normally I am on Coumadin, which I will be stopping a few days before the

surgery

and starting up again two or three days after. Also, I will have the leg wraps

that

pump your blood out of your feet. But more importantly, he will be putting in an

intravenous filter that catches blood clots before they reach the heart or

lungs. Also,

immediately post-surgery I will be on Halperin (sp?). As soon as I am able,

though, I

will be up and walking.

Dep

540/540/230 pre-op