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…sharing her personal story and highlighting blood clot risk …
Skinny Jeans Were a Mechanism For Torture: Kelsey’s Story
…possess any genetic thrombophilia or predisposition to blood clots. Instead, the clot had been enabled because I was taking hormonal birth control pills since I was 17. I took the…
I Can’t Believe This Happened to Me: Alyssa’s Story
…survived as long as I did with all of the clotting. He immediately asked if I was on birth control (I had been for four years) and he made me…
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…with clotting disorders, atrial fibrillation, cancer, traumatic …
I Truly Felt This Was It: Kylie’s Story
…platelets was unreal to me. I was diagnosed with antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) and I’m also lupus anticoagulant positive. In terms of risk factors, I was on estrogen-based birth control. I…
This Experience Helped Me Find My Love For Medicine: Zoe’s Story
Three days after my 18th birthday, I experienced severe swelling in my left leg. I assumed I pulled a muscle as I went ice skating on my birthday, but that…
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…clotting disorders, atrial fibrillation, cancer, traumatic …
Born with Prothrombin Mutation Gene: Tyson’s Story
…this gene when she gets older, and we plan to talk to her about her choices when it comes to estrogen-based birth control and starting her own family. This experience…
The Spark for Advocacy: Michele’s Story
…surgery. At the time, I was slightly overweight and on hormonal birth control pills. I also had a family history of blood clots and two different genetic clotting mutations, although…
First a Blood Clot, Then Cancer: Hope’s Story
…told to get off my birth control pills and begin to administer enoxaparin (Lovenox) shots twice a day to manage the clot. I left the ER devastated…This was not in…