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mountain grammy

(29,402 posts)
Tue Jun 23, 2026, 08:52 PM Tuesday

Hey everybody.. I'm home!! [View all]

Your response was truly overwhelming and warmed my heart to the point of making me feel so much better..
For everyone here (most of you) who know more than me, the thrombus (clot) is in the right brachiocephalic artery. It's not huge but big enough.
I did not want to have surgery so we are treating it with anticoagulants.. I had was given intravenous heparin for 24 hours and a new CT scan showed the clot had gotten smaller, so I opted for treating it medically..
I'll be at high risk for stroke for a while but surgery has it's own risk and I''m a big chicken.

We are so lucky in Denver to have this large teaching hospital.. the staff was excellent. I don't think there is better care here. Most all the local hospitals are corporate now..

Many thanks to my DU family for being there for me.. I owe you all a beer or two and I love every one of you.

Just want to add... ambulance crews are underpaid.. They were so good.. and advice for all, don't ignore symptoms of A-fib like I did..

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Hey everybody.. I'm home!! [View all] mountain grammy Tuesday OP
So glad to hear you are on the mend UpInArms Tuesday #1
Thank you.. mountain grammy Tuesday #22
Welcome home! Now take it easy and follow the instructions question everything Tuesday #2
I will thank you! mountain grammy Tuesday #27
Yay! SheltieLover Tuesday #3
Thank you! mountain grammy Tuesday #28
Glad you are back home. mountain grammy. debm55 Tuesday #4
Thanks Deb.. good to be home. mountain grammy Tuesday #29
So good to hear good news 🙏 Deuxcents Tuesday #5
Yes it is.. thank you. mountain grammy Tuesday #30
Welcome home! sheshe2 Tuesday #6
Thank you! mountain grammy Tuesday #31
Happy you are home. gademocrat7 Tuesday #7
Me too! Thank you! mountain grammy Tuesday #32
Hoping for a quick and complete recovery. My father loved the mountains of Colorado and was able to retire there. surfered Tuesday #8
Thank you! mountain grammy Tuesday #35
Wonderful news, mountain grammy Grim Chieftain Tuesday #9
Thank you! mountain grammy Tuesday #37
Glad you're home. Solly Mack Tuesday #10
Me too! mountain grammy Tuesday #38
As Dorothy says.... 70sEraVet Tuesday #11
Yep, so true. mountain grammy Tuesday #39
Great news! calimary Tuesday #12
Yes, thank you mountain grammy Tuesday #40
Yay!!! Welcome Back!!!! hatrack Tuesday #13
Thank you! mountain grammy Tuesday #41
welcome home . now the real healing begins.. AllaN01Bear Tuesday #14
Thank you.. mountain grammy Tuesday #42
Welcome back, mountain grammy! MIButterfly Tuesday #15
Thank you! mountain grammy Tuesday #43
Glad you're on the mend! Take great care of yourself till the risk is over, though. Scrivener7 Tuesday #16
Thank you! mountain grammy Tuesday #45
Sadly seta1950 Tuesday #17
So true.. mountain grammy Tuesday #46
Delighted to hear you are home! 3catwoman3 Tuesday #18
Yes indeed. I think teaching hospitals are the best.. mountain grammy Tuesday #47
I'm glad you're back home and I hope you're comfortable and on the mend FakeNoose Tuesday #19
Thank you! mountain grammy Tuesday #48
Welcome home, my dear mountain grammy! Such great news! CaliforniaPeggy Tuesday #20
Thank you CP.. mountain grammy Tuesday #49
Best wishes for a speedy recovery - TBF Tuesday #21
Thank you mountain grammy Tuesday #50
HOORAY! GOOD FOR YOU! raging moderate Tuesday #23
Thank you mountain grammy Tuesday #53
Just be real careful Figarosmom Tuesday #24
yea, I'm already bruised from the IV's and blood draws.. mountain grammy Tuesday #54
Must be great to be back home! PatSeg Tuesday #25
So true.. mountain grammy Tuesday #55
Welcome home. My dad had a clot and was in hospital for a week. After he was treated with applegrove Tuesday #26
Good to hear! mountain grammy Tuesday #56
That's good news to hear! hamsterjill Tuesday #33
Thank you.. mountain grammy Tuesday #52
Yayyyyy for you being home!!! Continuing vibes for your swift, niyad Tuesday #34
Thank you! mountain grammy Tuesday #57
This is good news. LoisB Tuesday #36
Thank you.. it sure is! mountain grammy Yesterday #66
Good to hear cate94 Tuesday #44
Thank you, working on that! mountain grammy Yesterday #67
Yay! mwmisses4289 Tuesday #51
Thank you! Yay indeed!!! mountain grammy Yesterday #68
Hooray! murielm99 Yesterday #58
Thank you! mountain grammy Yesterday #65
Oh wow, I missed where you were having medical issues KS Toronado Yesterday #59
Thank you KS mountain grammy Yesterday #69
Hope you recover fully and quickly! HeartsCanHope Yesterday #60
Thank you! mountain grammy Yesterday #70
Hugs 🧡 and Healing 🩵 Clouds Passing Yesterday #61
Thank you.. mountain grammy Yesterday #71
Yay! area51 Yesterday #62
Thank you! mountain grammy Yesterday #72
Great news!👍.... MiHale Yesterday #63
Indeed it is.. thank you mountain grammy Yesterday #73
Awesome! MaineNative Yesterday #64
Thank you mountain grammy Yesterday #74
Be gentle with yourself malaise 23 hrs ago #75
I'm trying. mountain grammy 18 hrs ago #84
I would have made the same choice, grammy! some_of_us_are_sane 23 hrs ago #76
Indeed! mountain grammy 18 hrs ago #85
You're too tough to let a little ol' blood clot in your lungs bring you down! You're going to kick the snot out ... marble falls 23 hrs ago #77
That's what I said! mountain grammy 18 hrs ago #86
👍❤️ underpants 23 hrs ago #78
Thank you 👍💙 mountain grammy 18 hrs ago #87
That clot didn't know who it was dealing with: Ilsa 20 hrs ago #79
You bet! Thank you mountain grammy 18 hrs ago #88
I am glad that you are home and on the mend LetMyPeopleVote 19 hrs ago #80
Me too! Thank you. mountain grammy 17 hrs ago #89
Welcome home, and may you stay safe and it dissolves away fully electric_blue68 18 hrs ago #81
My hope too. mountain grammy 17 hrs ago #90
So gald you're home. Loved big chicken! Me too. Best wishes Evolve Dammit 18 hrs ago #82
Thank you mountain grammy 18 hrs ago #83
i appreciate our ambulance crews . i gave 2 of them a hug when they hauled me out for afib AllaN01Bear 17 hrs ago #91
Absolute angels those guys mountain grammy 15 hrs ago #93
recomendation from a voice of experiance . get yourself on what is called a pulse oxometer. AllaN01Bear 17 hrs ago #92
Thank you, yes I have one.. mountain grammy 15 hrs ago #94
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