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Personal Stories

As you read the following stories, consider that none of these women ever thought DVT would happen to them. But it can happen to anyone. Don't let it happen to you.

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Le Keisha’s DVT started after the birth of her daughter.

Risk Factors:

Pregnancy
Major Surgery
Family History of DVT

“The ER doctor then informed me that, if I had not come into the hospital when I did, I would not have lived through the rest of the night...”

Kelly’s DVT felt like a charley horse.

Risk Factors:

Clotting Disorder
Birth Control Pills

“I had just turned 32. I was very active, and led a healthy lifestyle. In other words, I was in the best shape of my life. So when I began feeling pain...”

Traci’s DVT was misdiagnosed.

Risk Factors:

Clotting Disorder
Family History of DVT

“It was Christmas and I was 25. Throughout the holidays I sat home feeling as though my life was lowly draining away. I slept sitting up because...”

Caitlin’s DVT began years ago.

Risk Factors:

Factor V Leiden
APS
Surgery

“My DVT started when I was just nine years old. Yes, nine. However, it went undiscovered until 10 years later when I had my tonsils removed as...”

Danielle’s DVT almost killed her.

Risk Factors:

Leg Trauma
Birth Control Pills

“I was visiting family in upstate NY when I began to feel severe pain behind my knee where I’d broken it three weeks earlier. My doctor faxed me...”

Jill’s DVT felt like a leg cramp.

Risk Factors:

Protein C Deficiency

“I was sitting at a coffee shop in February of 2002 with one of my sisters when I felt a painful cramp in my left calf. It hurt really badly. But since I'd been...”

Debi’s DVT was intensely painful.

Risk Factors:

HRT
Inactivity
Previous Surgeries

“I was taking a nap one day after church, when I was awakened by a sharp pain in my left leg. I thought it was a charley horse. But when the pain moved into my right leg...”

Stephanie’s DVT happened after routine surgery.

Risk Factors:

Major Surgery
Pregnancy

“My first DVT went undiagnosed for three weeks following knee surgery when doctors dismissed the pain in my leg as normal post-operative pain...”

Jody never felt her DVT coming.

Risk Factors:

Birth Control Pills

“Six years ago, at age 48, I had DVT and didn’t even know it. I never felt a thing, until one morning when I woke up with pain on the left side of my chest...”

Personal Stories

Le Keisha’s DVT started after the birth of her daughter.

Kelly’s DVT felt like a charley horse.

Traci’s DVT was misdiagnosed.

Caitlin’s DVT began years ago.

Danielle’s DVT almost killed her.

Jill’s DVT felt like a leg cramp.

Debi’s DVT was intensely painful.

Stephanie’s DVT happened after routine surgery.

Jody never felt her DVT coming.

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