Originally Posted by Kolelo

I've had chronic problems with DVT...

Warning signs for me were:

• bad veins in left leg
• hard to bruise or get skin scratched ie my blood was thick
• legs falling asleep after a few min of sitting such as on the toilet, etc.
• computer related periods of inactivity at work and home

Day of first DVT I did a lot of squating installing new door nobs around my house followed by 2-3 hours on the PC. The squating injured my already bad left leg veins triggering the initial DVT which then continued to clot up my whole left leg during the evening and night. In the morning I could hardly walk due to pain.

Spent a year on a blood thinner. Now I excersise - lost 35 lbs. and take a lot of supliments:

• Fish Oil- daily to twice daily
• Flax Seed Oil- daily
• Butcher's Broom - almost daily
• Horse Chessnut Complex - every 3 or 4 days
• Vitamin A, E, D, Baby Aspirin - every other day
• Folic Acid - daily
• Nato Kinase - every once in a while or when I feel leg pain (can help disolve clots, only natural substance to do so)
• Apple Cider Vinerger with mother - 2-3 times a week with honey and water
• Garlic

I reclotted a few months ago for no apperant reason other than spending a weekend being inactive and trying a new suppliment black current seed oil which is supposed to help prevent clots but could have had the opposite effect on me, who knows.

A routine of excersise and the supplements have helped me. Long trips and drives have been OK. Just had to make sure I took more of the blood thinning stuff - aspirin, vit E, etc. as well as get out and walk, fidgit my feet and legs.

Also, I have to watch my vit. K intake as it tends to help the blood clot up.