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Health update #6

Had a call from the hospital this morning; I have a CT scan booked for next Monday, which will hopefully either find a blood clot in the lung or rule that out as a diagnosis. Next steps beyond that depend on what that test finds; if it’s a clot, it’ll probably be oral warfarin for six months, and might complicate the plans Danielle and I had to travel to Europe a few times this year.

If it’s not a clot, it’ll be more CT scans, looked at the lining of my lungs (for something like atypical pneumonia or pluracy — but all my doctors keep shaking their heads and saying “you just look too well for that to be it”) or the cardio unit to look for heart troubles like HCM. In the meantime, I’ll be getting daily jabs of enoxaparin sodium (brand name Lovenox in the US and Clexane in the UK) to guard against a blood clot, well, killing me. Cheery stuff! But all under control at the moment, except for my child-like hatred of hurty needle pain.

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  1. frageelay said: I know full grown adults who faint at the sight of needles. And they hurt. Not childlike; self-preservation. I’m glad you’re getting good preventative care. xo
  2. do-over said: Wow. Not much of a menu to choose from, eh? “I’ll have pleurisy with a side of — wait, does that come with an extended course of IM medication?”
  3. pocketcontents said: Ooh, I’m really good at giving those injections. Had to give far too many of them to Bob. Don’t let them bruise you. The key is to give them slowly.
  4. openareas said: Be well, Richard. <3
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