Hi all,
I've been off the boards for awhile. I've been pretty sick. Actually, pretty surprised by everything that I've been hit with lately. Sorry that this is going to be a long post, but there is no short cut. I had an accident last June which required surgery. Prior to the surgery they did an MRI of the knee involved. They found a bone infarct. So during the surgery I then had a lot of bleading. My leg was literally black and went from above the knee to the bottom of my foot--solid bruise all the way. The doctors all said --uh oh--not normal.
They ruled out steroid use as the cause of the bone infarct because I use methotrexate and have rarely used steroids by choice. So, then they decided to do an MRI of my left (uninjured leg) and guess what? They found 2 significant bone infarcts in that leg.
Then I got sent for blood disorder testing and testing for the lupus anticoagulant blah blah blah. In the meantime, and over the last year I have suffered severe memory difficulty, speech impairment, inability to get my thoughts out of my mouth with these sypmtoms being intermittent including a recent episode of one sided paralysis. Now, they think I might be forming clots which are causing the bone infarcts. So now they are going to send me for an MRI of the brain they are going to check other joints and organs. A hemotolgist is now involved and they are talking about putting me on blood thinners BUT what I don't understand yet (or at least their explanations) is how I can be a "bleeder" but yet be clotting.
Sorry this is so long, but I am sooooo scared and confused and depressed and so on and so on and so on. . .
Has anyone else had these problems??? If so, does it eventually improve? I am so discouraged at this point.:sad:
BTW--Happy New Year all.
I've been off the boards for awhile. I've been pretty sick. Actually, pretty surprised by everything that I've been hit with lately. Sorry that this is going to be a long post, but there is no short cut. I had an accident last June which required surgery. Prior to the surgery they did an MRI of the knee involved. They found a bone infarct. So during the surgery I then had a lot of bleading. My leg was literally black and went from above the knee to the bottom of my foot--solid bruise all the way. The doctors all said --uh oh--not normal.
They ruled out steroid use as the cause of the bone infarct because I use methotrexate and have rarely used steroids by choice. So, then they decided to do an MRI of my left (uninjured leg) and guess what? They found 2 significant bone infarcts in that leg.
Then I got sent for blood disorder testing and testing for the lupus anticoagulant blah blah blah. In the meantime, and over the last year I have suffered severe memory difficulty, speech impairment, inability to get my thoughts out of my mouth with these sypmtoms being intermittent including a recent episode of one sided paralysis. Now, they think I might be forming clots which are causing the bone infarcts. So now they are going to send me for an MRI of the brain they are going to check other joints and organs. A hemotolgist is now involved and they are talking about putting me on blood thinners BUT what I don't understand yet (or at least their explanations) is how I can be a "bleeder" but yet be clotting.
Sorry this is so long, but I am sooooo scared and confused and depressed and so on and so on and so on. . .
Has anyone else had these problems??? If so, does it eventually improve? I am so discouraged at this point.:sad:
BTW--Happy New Year all.