Question:
is there anyway to prevent getting a blood clot?
is there anything the doctor can do to prevent me from getting a blood clot? — k K. (posted on February 22, 2003)
February 22, 2003
Absolutely!! The biggest thing that can be done is walking after surgery.
They had me up and walking 4 hours after surgery. The bodies natural
defense against clots is located in the legs and walking stimulates them. I
also had pressure boots on my feet while laying in the hospital bed.
Lastly, for those of us that are considered a high risk, you may have to
take blood thinner shots for a couple of weeks after surgery. I did. But
walking is key. Open RNY 11-11-02 down 100lbs
— dkinson
February 22, 2003
Things you can do to slightly improve your odds..... wiggle your
ankles/feet (starting now) roundy-roundy, up & down, 10 X per hour. Do
10 deep breaths per hour. From now until several weeks after surgery.
— vitalady
February 22, 2003
My surgeon now requires everyone com=ing from recovery to walk from the
gurney in the hall to their bed in the room. I was so afraid of clots I
insisted on walking right away this was before this new rule. They think it
helped my recoivery and besides it got rid of that catheter. I said I will
walk if you remove it./
— bob-haller
February 23, 2003
Just get moving. My sadist surgeon makes you get out of bed 2 hours after
surgery. I did it but thought I would die from the pain. Once I was up I
went for a walk as that was preferable to the pain trying to lay back down
again. LOL I also negotiated some a washing out of my mouth with water
after I got out of bed. I did not sswallow anything but I could not take
the dryness. For me I wanted the water more than the catheter out.
Besides as painful as it was to get out of bed I didn't want to have to be
getting to the bathroom quickly since they were pumping tons of fluids
through to force the kidneys to keep working. I got my catheter out by the
end of the 1st day post-op. By the end of the 1st day post-op I was doing
walks by myself. By the time I went home the morning of the 3rd day
post-op the nurses all told me I was doing way better than most of the WLS
patients that come through there. I pushed the cart with my stuff on it to
the main entrance and my mom rode in the wheelchair. They said I could
walk out if I was up to it but they had to follow me in a wheelchair in
case I got tired. I just wanted out! It will hurt to get up but the
walking does help with gas and stuff too.
— zoedogcbr
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