Hello donfoo, I know a thing or two about blood clot issues. As my platelets are chronically low due to HIV+ status. My platelets usually hover around 80 or so. Normal range is 180-400. my lowest count was 16 at this point just bumping into a table would cause a huge bruise. I was admitted to the hospital until they got more platelets into me. By the by that lowest reading was right after Rad./Erbitux treatment. after treatment they slowly increased to the eighties which is still very low and had to watch for bleeding or excessive bruising. This is why I had the bleeding episode after my tonsillectomy. It is easy enough to get platelet infusions, the tricky part is that they wear off pretty fast sometimes. And the more infusions you get the more likely they are to rebound back down faster. I have no experience however with blood clots.(I cant get my blood to clot very well in the first place). so that is about all I can add to the conversation. Hang in there my friend. And hears to some consistency in our blood! Shawn U.