Dvt - Blood and Blood Vessel Message Board

rah ishbah · 03-12-2008, 03:10 AM

My dad has DVT and is currently on meds for it. The only one i can remember is warfrin, but its not really important to the story anyway.

My brother and i have the underlying problem which means that we are in a high risk area of contracting a blood clot if we are imbolised for long periods of time.

My problems is, and it really annoys me that it is the ways it has too be (i'm just sooking)

that because i'm female, anything to do with sex is a lot harder than someone who doesn't have this disorder.

To protect myself from pregnancy, the only solution i've so far found is to use condoms - - the problem is these aren't 100% effective. I can't go on the pill because it gives any women who takes it a higher risk of contracting a blood clot, so this would be detrimental when combined with my blood clot.

Then, if i decided to try and become pregnant, the possibilty of complications is extremely high.

Also, (still sooking, sorry guys) it impacts most decisions i make. I even feel "dirty" i guess you would say at some points. like if i cut my finger n spill blood or something, i'm immediately disgusted with myself because i have impure blood which could make someone else sick

. I am aware that it is a genetic disorder which i can pass on like a cold, but the thought is still there.

Thanks for reading

Mrs S · 03-14-2008, 12:14 AM

Hi there,

I know this must all seem a bit scary and inconvenient for you but do all you can to avoid a blood clot as they are a scary thing to have. Mine was caused by the pill and i nearly didnt make it through. I was just lucky I caught it early as i had 2 in my arm and one in lung. Had to be on Warfrin for 6 months after which destroyed my brain and memory as its pretty much rat poison. I also lost my job - well forced to resign because i was sooooo tired from the medication and couldnt cope.

I fell pregnant with my first child 11 months after my DVT and all seemed to go well. I didnt need to be on any meds (found out recently i should have been) while i was pregnant but then had to inject myself once a day with blood thinning agents for 6 weeks after the pregnancy. As my husband and i didnt want a another baby straight away i had to go onto a form of birth control called implanon which is a little rod that they inject into your arm and it stays there for 3 years. Its one of the safest things you can have if youve had a blood clot but unfortunately it can cause side effects.....mine were i couldnt lose weight easily and I was very moody. Pros were i didnt get my periods the whole time i was on it. Everyone is different though and sometimes it doesnt work for everyone but its maybe something you can look into instead of using condoms.

Im now 6 months pregnant with my second child and have been taking injections once a day to thin my blood for about a month (really should have done it from the start - oops) and im having a few issues about how to deliver the baby has you cant have an epidural if you have taken a clexane injection 24 hours before hand and c sections are risky too as it is major surgery and pushes up the risk of getting a blood clot.

You may be lucky enough not to go onto medication while youre pregnant but thats something youll need to have a big chat with your doctor before you decide to fall pregant. It depends on how big your risk is too. If its only small then they may not worry but if youre not allowed to take the pill i would say more than likely you will have to take blood thinning agents while youre pregnant because pregnancy is 3 times worse than being on the pill, youre body thinks its pregnant when its on the pill and thats why you dont become pregnant, but when you are actually pregnant, that hormone that is produced(which is produced when youre on the pill) that causes the blood clots triples, making being pregnant an even higher risk of getting a DVT.

Sorry to be a bearer of bad news, im just sharing the information that i have found out over the years but you might be totally different - lets hope hey?! But have a good talk to your doctor and if youre not ready to have kids yet i would definately look into getting the implanon as birth control.

rah ishbah · 03-15-2008, 02:09 AM

Whoa, that really is depressing. I'm so sorry you had to go through that! I feel just terrible about sooking because i dnt even have a blood clot and i know that there are ways i can avoid getting them. I have the information and it sounds like you didn't get it until it was a little too late, which i really am sorry to hear. I dnt want to go on about it, but reading ur post made me want to cry because all that is supposed to be a joy (pregnancy and having children) turned sour for you and you must have been terrified and depressed.

Thank-you so much for passing on your information. It has given me something to think about and i am now able to ask my doctor some of the right questions, instead of going without any idea. Thanks sooo much

Mrs S · 03-17-2008, 06:25 PM

Youre very welcome. And dont apologise for being a sook, its a scary thing even when you havent been through it. Its scary because i guess you are sort of like a ticking time bomb. But Im sure you will be fine if take all the right pre-cautions.
It was a scary experience for me but in the end i survived and I now have beautiful 3 year old boy so it all turned out ok. I guess when someone goes through an ordeal like i did you seem to be able to find the positives more in things.
Good luck with everything and dont hesitate to ask any questions you may have. I am happy to help.