happens to everyone and anyone. i hope this helps get the word out on symptoms and treatment.

An interesting read. Glad his doc was on the ball with diagnosis! Means he'll probably get to have an NEXT season. Get well soon to him!

I wonder if he was blood doping or using steriods. Both types of drugs can cause PEs. Regards of the cause I hope he gets better and he rides again

I'm pretty sure Serena Williams is another PE sufferer. I don't keep up with tennis but does anyone know if shes playing again? Hope this guy makes a good recovery.

Serena has been playing again (my husband loves tennis) although she is not up to her previous self and was eliminated early at Wimbledon in June. Although at Wimbledon, she DID win her first match and totally broke down because it had been such an emotional year for her and she was so glad she wasn't completely out of it ... something I think most of us PE survivors can relate to.

Article here:

http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jun/22/sports/la-sp-0622-wimbledon-20110622

Apparently, she is doing very well at the current Bank of the West tournament. Kudos to her!

What about Serena being on thinners! What if she gets hit in the head with the ball?

Not that its important, but drugs/steroids are not the culprit here. I follow cycling pretty closely and Horner is very well thought of for his professionalism.

Anyway, he was in a terrible crash and had leg, ankle and head injuries. He left the hospital after only a day or two and took a flight from France to Oregon. He was also probably in a state of dehydration from the bike racing to make matters worse. All perfect ingredients for clotting and PEs.

There are numerous stories of high performance athletes being striken with clots and PEs.
Robert

Yeah, clots are an equal opportunity offender, and it doesn't matter how fit you are. Stuff happens to people, from all walks of life.

I've watched a lot of professional tennis over the years, and have yet to have seen anyone get out right whacked in the head with a ball. Although Monica Seles got stabbed in the back once but that's pretty unusual. I used to play tennis quite a bit and I'm not even that good, and still never got clipped in the head. Unless you are completely clueless about what's going on I don't think that happens much.

I say hats freakin' off to Serena for going back to tennis. It's inspiring and another lesson that your life doesn't need to be over when you have a clot, or are on warfarin, etc. This past weekend, I rode my bike, played table tennis, bocce ball, tag football, dove in a lake, walked barefoot on gravel and hit some golf balls. And I don't have a scratch on me.

I love summer and there's no way I'm sitting on the side lines.

... and my youngest brother is on warfarin too right now and we did most of the above together. I think we inspire each other to just do it, as the expression goes.