Category Archives: Brain Clot

Last week several different people asked me “How long has it been?” Wow, how long has it been since a headache… that wasn’t a headache changed my life?! [ http://blog.scottsontherocks.com/blog/2015/04/08/two-years-ago/ ] After consulting with Jeff and the others, I realized that THE … Continue reading →

[pics incl]  OK, had a follow-up visit with neurologist and went over the results from the 01/05/2016 MRI.  IF… I understand it all, it’s overall good news.  While my left jugular remains blocked, the clot in my brain down to … Continue reading →

Had MRI this morning and as usual it took many hours instead of 45-50 minutes. Yes, they called in a Doppler pro to stick me for the IV contrast 😉 I’ll have more info from the doctor at a later … Continue reading →

Sorry not so chatty lately. I’ve seen the new hematologist yesterday and the new neurologist today. Not sure if I’ve mentioned that both previous docs left. My head has been hurting “more consistently” and other effects seem more pronounced (like … Continue reading →

A few weeks ago (mid-October 2015), my Xarelto prescription needed to be refilled, so the pharmacy did it automatically.  I received some weird automated phone calls and emails that all contradicted themselves, but by the time I actually go around … Continue reading →

[pics incl]  This is the short version… I haven’t written the long version YET but I will, it’s just too much to do right now.  I’m combining lots of info and I should have results on 04/23/15.  I have had … Continue reading →

Stacy and Ashley accompanied me to my Neuro appt today. The last was: http://blog.scottsontherocks.com/blog/2013/12/16/neuro-appt-121613/ Up until a few days ago, I was feeling pretty good, I woke up one day with my head hurting, took a nap and it hasn’t … Continue reading →

Many of you have asked if I can explain what’s going on with my brain (besides the obvious clot). [ http://blog.scottsontherocks.com/blog/2014/02/11/hematologist-appointment-021114/ ] Let’s say we are having a conversation about the Denver sports team uniforms.  I might say something like … Continue reading →

This time they are about double what they were before [ http://blog.scottsontherocks.com/blog/2013/07/07/updates-070713/ ] Today, I saw the hematologist and my hemacrit was 43! That is soooo much better than 20.4! He rattled off lots of other numbers too, for kidney, … Continue reading →

MRI, speech therapy & more MRI results, by word of mouth because I haven’t actually SEEN nor heard the MRI results myself. According to the hematologist, who said he called for the results, the bleeding has stopped and swelling reduced … Continue reading →