Been there done that twice... I nearly died the first time I had pulmonary embolism problems. The lovenox/hepiren (sp?) injections they gave me in the gut, twice a day for 7 days, were not fun; kind of like a bee sting with a half dollar size bruise left behind. Second time I wasn't in nearly as bad of condition, because I knew what to look for symptom wise, but it was on Christmas Eve 2006, so there went the holidays for me.

At least in some ways you are lucky because they found a cause for your problems (not that they can solve it). But, the doctors have ran probably 50 tests on my blood, (my blood has been to cities that I'll never see) and never came up with a definitive cause for why my blood at the age of (then healthy active male) 45 just suddenly started clotting in my veins, they just treat the symptoms, because they can't find the overall cause.

Well, best of luck and quick recovery to you, I feel for what you are going through. I guess my final statement would be... Welcome to the Cumadin/Warifarin for life club. It's not as bad as some would have you believe.