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Ferr 
2:42am, October 29, 2009
OK I just got over being stuck at home for a week with some sort of viral broncitis or viral pnemonia. Yea My lungs not only hurt but burned. When I went into minor care they just looked at me and said go home and stay away from people for a few days, boy that made me feel as if the doctors cared. After 4 days I went back to the ER and the doctor to plactate me put me on antibiotics since I had such a bad sore throat I couldn't swallow or breath. It honestly felt like someone was choking me and when I swallowed it felt like razorblades. They weren't even concerned when I was coughing up blood. Hello, I'm on Coumadin!!! Guess they didn't care. The ER doc put me on the antibiotic Z-Pac. Ha have you read the info sheet that comes with Z-Pac. "Warning do not take if you are on anti-coagulants" When i called him on it he told me it doesn't affect the coumadin that much. I was at a point in my illness that i was willing to try anything so I took the Z-pac. Big mistake, my INR is now sitting at 1.5. My PCP finally got back to town and I called him. He said stop the antibiotics and gave me some lidocaine to gargle with. Ha real good, It not only numed my throat but my mouth and everything else. I couldn't talk for 3 hours and my throat still hurt like it was being slit, and I still couldn't breath. I guess that was the doctors way of keeping me from complaining. I finally found a cough medacine that worked a bit (Alka Seltzer Severe cold) and took tylenol, What the Hell it wasn't going to kill me any qucker than the doctors were doing. I am finally well enough to go back to work tomorrow, so long as I don't have a relapse. Hopefully my INR comes up soon, as I really don't want to have another episode of PE's.
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I've had a lot of PE's like you but I encourage you to get a second opinion on filters. Your doc told you the blood clots go around them sometimes. So did
mine but I have them. I needed 2 because my vena cava is too large. Mine are
in my iliac veins. I believe it has made a big difference.
Maxic
Aaah Ferr - sorry to hear that you've been feeling so rotten. Hope you manage ok at work - don't push yourself too much....as if ....!
Love your new profile pic - presume that's one of your grandchildren getting a big hug - lovely xx
SandieG