Today, after nearly 6 days in hospital (as a hospital@home patient) I have been discharged! This means one thing for me. NO MORE NEEDLES IN THE STOMACH!! I couldn't be happier. The down side is that I have to go to the doctors today for more blood tests to make sure the levels are right in my system to help dissolve the clot. I then have to go every week for at least 3 months to make sure things are good. I will be on the drugs for 6 months.

So...what are the lifestyle changes I will have to undertake to make sure I NEVER get this again?

1) I cannot sit still for more than an hour. I must get up and walk around the room or exercise my legs.
2) On long car trips or plane trips I have to wear compression stockings (on really long flights I may have to take drugs, too)
3) I will have to exercise more regularly. I am already planning on buying a bike. There are plenty of bike paths around where I live. Time I used them.
4) Eat a bit healthier.

So really nothing too troublesome. Thank God for my partner urging me to go to the doctor. It saved my life.