Well I figure it is only fair that I share the results of my appointment with Dr. Kessler from Friday. I didn't write this weekend about it because I needed to absorb the information and to think about it. I met with Dr K and his "mini me" for about 4 hours... it was a LONG appointment, but I have to say, I don't mind because they spent a lot of time with me.
To keep it simple, the short end of it was that I do have another blood clot. It is on top of my old one, so that is good news because it would SUCK to be in a different place AND it explains the pain I've been having.
The best news of all is that none of this will get in the way of diving. Well, the only thing that I need to be careful of is making sure I don't get eaten by a shark or bit by a fish because my blood is so thin I will definitely bleed to death. Other than that, there are no issues with scuba! So this should NOT effect the decision of my FAVORITE folks at Blue Season Bali and the Best Dive Job!
In all honestly, the doctors were like, we really aren't worried about your clot - it is manageable and it's not really like you haven't done this before (which is true). They are more concerned with my lungs and heart and if there was any damage... again, they were more upset that I was able to talk my way out of a chest CT in the ER than anything. They are going to do a cardio echogram this week to just make sure all is well... they both agreed that because I am in such good shape my heart and lungs are very strong but all possibilities need to be ruled out.
In the end, all that is changing is that I am back on blood thinners and I have to go back to monitoring my body and manage pain. I am looking at it this way - yes it sucks that I got another clot, but it probably was going to happen anyway. This shouldn't interrupt my life - let me rephrase that - I will NOT let it interrupt my life. I am NOT going to let it define me. I am really lucky that it wasn't bad, that the PE didn't kill me (yipee for being alive). This probably wouldn't have happened if I hadn't flown back and forth to California so much and that does add a little bit of insult to injury since now I am nursing a blood clot and a broken heart, but I will get through them both. At least I have answers and understanding with the blood clot...
On another note. TIME IS RUNNING OUT! If you read the blog and you haven't already made a comment or looked at my YOUTUBE video, please do so. They are making the short list and I really want to win this trip to bali. It would be a dream come true and would change my life so amazingly. Any support that you can show would be appreaciated! :)
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