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Joined: Oct 2012 Posts: 1,275 Likes: 8 | Thanks Tammy.
I would just like to add that John did not have a fever, the swelling was not red, nor was it painful. It was just swollen ( right calf was 15" but left calf was 18"). Yet in the radiologist's report, he is described as having 'extensive dvt'. It could easily have been dismissed as edema.
Gloria
She stood in the storm, and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails... Elizabeth Edwards
Wife to John,dx 10/2012, BOT, HPV+, T3N2MO, RAD 70 gy,Cisplatinx2 , PEG in Dec 6, 2012, dx dvt in both legs after second chemo session, Apr 03/13 NED, July 2013 met to lungs, Phase 1 immunotherapy trial Jan 18/14 to July/14. Taxol/carboplatin July/14. Esophagus re-opened Oct 14. PEG out April 8, 2015. Phase 2 trial of Selinexor April to July 2015. At peace Jan 15, 2016.
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