Hi I posted this on the Coumadin site when I should have been her...

Hi I posted this on the Coumadin site when I should have been here, I am a 66 year old female and up to a year ago I felt 20 years younger now I feel 20 years older. I fell and broke my hip June '08. Had a hip replacement and developed a blood clot (DVT) in my left leg. They put me on Coumadin and when that didn’t do the job they added Lovanox (another blood thinner requiring shots in the stomach). Not only has they not helped but my blood clot is growing. My symptoms: daily headaches, debilitating leg pain (the pain is so bad that it is crippling me), fatigue (an overwhelming feeling of tiredness, I set down for a few minutes and wake up hours later.), loss my concentration (trouble doing simple crosswords), can’t study simple directions, numbness in toes and hands. I can go on. And the doctors? “It’s all in my head. It can’t be the blood thinners.” I am going to copy your blogs and take them to my doctor and demand something be done. Thanks again to this site and all of you. I was beginning to think there was something wrong with my mind.