KidDoc said:

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Lucky they picked that up before it launched to your lungs! Hopefully it Will slowly melt away with your med.

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Yeah. Considering all the experience doctors have had with blood clots and dissolving them, I'm pretty optimistic.

About twenty years ago, a friend of mine had a pulmonary embolism. He said that it was very painful and still shows up on x-rays.

Zinc deficiency can also cause something called dysgeusia. Not sure how useful zinc testing is, but zinc supplementation is cheap and studies show it can help.

Still though, I didn't see anything in your post that indicates why you got the blood clot. You might need referral to hematology for a workup. At your age, unlikely to be a primary clotting disorder that just presented. I'm sure your doc has you covered though. The fact that he was able to start anticoagulation himself, and didn't just send you to the ER (like many do), makes me think he's got this.

bigtruckguy3500 said:

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Zinc deficiency can also cause something called dysgeusia. Not sure how useful zinc testing is, but zinc supplementation is cheap and studies show it can help.

Still though, I didn't see anything in your post that indicates why you got the blood clot. You might need referral to hematology for a workup. At your age, unlikely to be a primary clotting disorder that just presented. I'm sure your doc has you covered though. The fact that he was able to start anticoagulation himself, and didn't just send you to the ER (like many do), makes me think he's got this.

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I keep zinc gluconate on hand. I mainly use it whenever I'm coming down with a cold (melt in my mouth and drain down my throat).

I am quite curious about what caused the blood clot. My intention has been to ask the doctor about it after we get the clot under control.

I think that our emergency room doctors and clinic doctors are largely the same doctors. I know that I have been in the emergency room under the care of the same doctor.

I had wondered whether I would need to be hospitalized. If it comes to that, they usually ship people down to Amarillo. I don't think that they admit many patients to stay at our local hospital for inpatient treatment any more.

With the lower ability of the blood to coagulate while on blood thinners (Eliquis), does that affect getting shots such as the Vitamin B-12 injections?

Vein disease is something often under treated. Blood thinners like Eliquis are the baseline treatment. But there are interventional treatments indicated for the right scenarios. Not sure how symptomatic you are, but in general you need a Hematology evaluation for a hypercoagulable disorder. And given that you have common femoral vein involvement you need evaluation for May Thurner syndrome. Typically I would order a CT venogram.

Recently had a more detailed cholesterol test completed, all of my LDL numbers seem pretty high compared to what the range is supposed to be, and googling it just says to eat better, exercise, etc. Any thoughts on how to lower these numbers? I turn 45 in a couple months, 5'11, 180 lbs, do cardio 4-5 days a week for 30 minutes on the stair stepper, lift 3 days/week, walk the dog for 20 minutes a day, and don't eat much sugars. Do IF most days as well, so not sure what else I can do, and would like to avoid taking meds. Here are my numbers:

Cholesterol 192
Trigs 92
LDL 110 (Range <100)
LDL Particle Number 1583 (range <1138)
LDL Small 398 (Range <142)
LDL Medium 338 (Range <215)

My tests from June 26:

Cholesterol: 68 mg/dL (for the last three years, this had been in the 89-100 range)
Triglycerides: 98 mg/dL (barely changed)
dHDL: 23 mg/dL (the highest I've seen this is about 40)
cLDL: 25 mg/dL

DeepintheHeart06 said:

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Vein disease is something often under treated. Blood thinners like Eliquis are the baseline treatment. But there are interventional treatments indicated for the right scenarios. Not sure how symptomatic you are, but in general you need a Hematology evaluation for a hypercoagulable disorder. And given that you have common femoral vein involvement you need evaluation for May Thurner syndrome. Typically I would order a CT venogram.

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Any recommendations for people with Reynaud syndrome? My feet and hands are constantly cold and my doctor hasn't given me much other than wear socks/gloves and/or move to a warmer climate.

You would also want ApoB

I was always taught calcium channel blockers like Amlodipine or nifedipine (BP meds). But cold avoidance and triggering situations is supposed to be first line.

OasisMan said:

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You would also want ApoB

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ApoB was 89