Thursday, March 5, 2015

I'm in a hypercoagulable state of mind

It has not been my week. The dreaded blood clot returned despite the fact that all my bad veins have been treated and there is nothing happening that should trigger clotting. I'm in a hypercoagulable state. I Googled it. Big mistake. So, I'm totally convinced I have cancer. Rationally, I know I don't have cancer but it's just there in a little corner of my brain. So, off to medical center I shall go to get a mega big blood draw in the hopes of determining the cause of my hypercoagulable state.

As a result of the clot (much easier to type than "hypercoagulable state") I'm sporting my super sexy compression hose. Yesterday I had a procedure at the vein doctor so I have to wear them for three days, including while sleeping. No biggie - I'm a pro at this. Well, perhaps not...

Yesterday morning some sort of virus hit me like a truck - I went from functioning adult to puking lady in about 45 minutes.

This mean, nasty virus has now taken over my body - my throat hurts, I can't sleep and my entire body hurts. At 4 AM I decided to go downtstairs and make some tea.

One step on the stairs (wearing my slippery compression hose) and - BOOM!

I slid right down the stairs.

So now I'm in a hypercoagulable state, my throat is sore, my body aches from the flu AND my head, shoulder and back hurt from a 4 AM trip down the stairs.

Getting old is no fun.