DVT from surgery

[Anfornee]

I wanted to share a cautionary tale from my experiences in the implant community.

1st implant got infected
2nd was implanted incorrectly (outside of corpora)
3rd was implanted correctly but was malleable
4th was another inflatable. Done 6/13

After surgery # 3 I developed a pain in my right calf. Like a strain from weightlifting but it encompassed the whole lower part of the leg. I’m used to hurting. I was competitively powerlifting from the age of 18. Something always hurts.

This persisted for 2-3 weeks and I noticed I was having difficulty catching my breath.

I went to an emergency med place and started telling the intake nurse what was going on. She immediately called a Dr who directed me straight to the emergency room at the closest hospital.

I was admitted immediately and found out I had a DVT and a pulmonary embolism. They slammed heparin into me and kept me for observation. Apparently I was at risk of dying. I’ve been on Eloquois for 4 months now.

Moral of the story, don’t be a crisis patient like I was. If you get a throbbing pain in an extremity after surgery just suck it up and see a doc.

[OregonStrong]

Man, that's quite a tale. Glad you came out of it and hopefully have a good functioning implant now to use.

[nerdynerd]

Thanks for posting!

[Bigdave]

Yes,all surgery has risks.
Glad you got to the hospital in time. Hope you're doing well now, and that's the last of your troubles.