Pulmonary Embolism Support Group
By far the most common form of pulmonary embolism is a thromboembolism, which occurs when a blood clot, generally a venous thrombus, becomes dislodged from its site of formation and embolizes to the arterial blood supply of one of the lungs. Symptoms may include difficulty breathing, pain during breathing, and more rarely circulatory instability and death.
OK I know my family loves me very much but Dang, I'm not a total invalid. If one more person comments on my diet of eating green vegetables I think I'm going to scream and maybe go off the deep end. No matter how much I try to convince my family that its ok To have a few greens they seem to want to cute everything Vitamin K out of my diet. Now lets get to the working issue, good grief I'm not dead yet and I'll be daymed if I'm just going to roll over and feel sorry for myself and stop work and stop doing the things I love. I'm 55 years old for crying out loud i think by now i know how to listen to my body when it tells me to slow down. And guess what I am perfectly capable of driving on slick icy roads. My GOD I've been doing it for over 40 years. I don't need assistance to walk to the barn to feed the critters and I can even manage to go out in the mornings and start my own vehicle, I've been doing that for a long time too and guess what i have been doing it without wearing a protective helmet or a complete set of leathers or a SUMO suit.
Thanks all for letting me vent, I am just having one of my moments.
Love to all
Ferr
Thanks all for letting me vent, I am just having one of my moments.
Love to all
Ferr
I understand where your coming from and sympathize. Being Retired Navy I'm pretty thickheaded and like to fend for myself. During my hip replacement recovery my wife, bless her heart, was trying to help me as much as she could. She experienced my stubborn side for the first time in our marriage. If there was something I couldn't due to lack of range of movement, I quickly found away around it so I didn't have to relie on someone to do it for me (I felt bad if someone had to do something that I should be doing).
As far as the Vitamins K issue, print out my organizations brochure regarding this and point out to them that this information comes from the top blood clot specialist here in the U.S:
http://stoptheclot.org/natt_publications/KandWarfarin.pdf
Just to paraphrase:
"You should aim to keep the amount of vitamin K in your diet consistent. For example, if you normally eat two servings per day of food that is high in vitamin K content, you should continue this pattern every day. If you do not normally eat foods that are high in vitamin K, do not suddenly eat a large amount of them."
Regards,
Tom in Connecticut