Beating Prostate Cancer and completing treatments over 20 months ago
was great, and having a current PSA reading of 0.13 is fantastic.
But now it is at least a year of blood thinners and a special sock to
combat DVT - Deep Vein Thrombosis. Blood clots in my right leg will dissolve away - but I must watch for
breathing problem in case a clot or two is too large for my lungs to handle.
This situation makes every day special for me, garnished gracefully
with a gentle sense of peace at being solely in the hands of Almighty God - a
breath away from eternity. Though complications are supposedly rare, one never knows.
Someone is always that 1 in a 1000 or 1 in a 100.
First: I experienced shortness of breath during a trip to Amsterdam
October 1, 2014 and climbing 56+ steep stars to my hotel room. It felt like
running 4 miles but unable to recover quickly. It was strange because I felt
nothing at the end of August climbing almost twice as many of the same type of
steep stairs at the Blarney Castle outside of Cork, Ireland to kiss the famous
stone - I was concerned.
Upon return home I experienced breath shortness in the middle of the
night and even when walking 1/2 block. I thought/hoped this was related to a
minor lung infection or a minor bronchitis attack. It was not until a few weeks
later that, all of a sudden, I had horrible pain in my right leg. After three
more days I went to my NEW doctor and was sent straight to emergency. I had a
similar swelling problem in my left leg almost a year prior and my former
doctor only gave me water pills, even though a simple search at the Mayo Clinic
website will reveal the dangers of a one-leg-affected occurrence like that one
was.
I gained about 20 kilo during my prostate treatment (a 10-15 kilo gain
is normal for average frame folk) and already have a back with at least two
compressed disks, a herniated one, calcium deposits up the spine, and arthritis,
so it had been difficult to lose weight.
Now I am doing my own combo-variation of the Gérard
Depardieu/Supermodel/Doctor's diet variation - 4 kilos down in the 4 days since I began. So far
so good.
Well, I'll continue on a write a post to see how all this goes and
turns out and work on my newest book for release next year’s end… I hope.
Until next time . . .
#DVT
#DeepVeinThrombosis
#deepveinthrombosis
#bloodthinner
#GérardDepardieu
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