JanB
-----Original Message-----
From: Alton <A.Ryder(AT)ix.netcom.com>
To: Jan Burgess <datapro(AT)mail.bconnex.net>
Cc: TMIC <tmic-list(AT)eskimo.com>
Date: Friday, January 29, 1999 7:10 AM
Subject: Re: 1step forward 2-3-4 backward
>Jan Burgess wrote:
>> ... an embolus broke free from the legs
>> somewhere ... Is this common
>
>This is a common risk in being prostrate.
>The large muscles of the legs help push
>the blood back to the heart. When these
>are not being used, you have a problem.
>I think it is exacerbated by the edema
>associated with the steroids.
>
>I had daily needles of a "blood thinner"
>(Lovenox?) for over three months until
>the day they discharged me.
>
>I'm very sorry that Craig had this. The
>lungs, being in the path of all blood
>flow, are a common site for the embolus
>to lodge. I think recovery will be complete.
>
>Alton, the fat pin cushion
>