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So I have a blood clot in my lung which is currently being treated by blood thinners. (3 months on this medication and the clot should be gone.)
Because I'm on blood thinner meds, I cannot do any impact activities. That rules out sparring during this time but I'd still like to train positions at my school and with partners I trust. (Again, no impact.)
Anyone deal with something like this and have any advice?
Background:
A few weeks ago, during training, I felt a sudden pain in my back and assumed I had pulled a muscle.
It was a dull pain for about 1.5 weeks and then I woke up in agony middle of the night.
Went to the ER (for the first time in my life) and turns out to be a pulmonary embolism (blood clot) in my lung.
Doctors think I got it because of a medication I was taking combined with a long car ride.
I was prescribed Xarelto (a blood thinner) for 3 months and the clot should take care of itself. After that I can stop and my blood will go back to normal thickness.
Blood clots do not run in my family and far as we know this was situational.
Because I'm on blood thinner meds, I cannot do any impact activities. That rules out sparring during this time but I'd still like to train positions at my school and with partners I trust. (Again, no impact.)
Anyone deal with something like this and have any advice?
Background:
A few weeks ago, during training, I felt a sudden pain in my back and assumed I had pulled a muscle.
It was a dull pain for about 1.5 weeks and then I woke up in agony middle of the night.
Went to the ER (for the first time in my life) and turns out to be a pulmonary embolism (blood clot) in my lung.
Doctors think I got it because of a medication I was taking combined with a long car ride.
I was prescribed Xarelto (a blood thinner) for 3 months and the clot should take care of itself. After that I can stop and my blood will go back to normal thickness.
Blood clots do not run in my family and far as we know this was situational.