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You Can Dive With DVT and IVC - Incredible News from President of B|Braun

Incredible news for people who want to scuba dive with a vena cava filter (IVC) and for those divers taking high dosage coumadin instead of getting a vena cava filter (IVC) installed.

Divers, I have received an email from the president of B|Braun the manufacturer of the vena cava filter (IVC) that was installed to prevent a pulmonary embolism or stray blog clot from killing me. I was truly shocked to receive the email so quickly, I mean it was a long shot sending this email and I was desperate because I was going on trip to the Bahamas (Freeport, Pelican Bay). My doctor had told me that she would NOT sign off for the NAUI certification form. She called my vascular surgeon who told her she would be crazy to sign the waiver because the VC filter installed in me could not sustain the atmospheric pressure and it said so on the box.

This was untrue I learned. The president of the company emailed me and told me that the vena cava filter could withstand and atmospheric pressure after 8 months of being installed!

So for everyone who was told they could not dive because of a vena cava filter may want to check with the manufacture...

Basically there is a lot of miss information out there and doctors are either scared because of so many frivolous lawsuits or too busy to check the facts.

Very Relevant Article I found with a person who has a similar DVT Situation

'Sticky' blood cause for concern

The Monterey County Herald
Article Last Updated: 04/12/2008 01:59:24 AM PDT

Dear Dr. Gott: I am a 61-year-old male with no heart problems or recent surgeries. In June 2004, I developed a blood clot in my left lower leg, which then resulted in a pulmonary embolus (clot) in my right lung.
I was admitted to my local VA hospital and put on 5 milligrams Coumadin daily. My PT/INR was kept in the 2.0 to 3.0 range. I continued the medication until October 2006, when I was told I could stop it.

All was well until February 2007, when I developed multiple pulmonary emboli in both lungs. This time, I did not have any of the leg symptoms.

I again went to the VA hospital, where I was put on 5 milligrams of Coumadin every day. I was told that I would have to take it for the rest of my life.

Because I did not understand why this was happening, I made an appointment with a hematologist (blood specialist). She took blood samples and did a genetic profile. Everything came back negative or normal. She concluded that I now have naturally "clotty" blood and I would have to live with it. There was no identifiable cause.

Why, after 58 years of being a "normal blood clotter," did the above happen to me? Will I really have to be on Coumadin for the rest of my life? Should the VA doctors be doing more for me? Your opinions are appreciated.
Dear Reader: I don't know why your blood is now clotting dangerously. Your hematologist appears to have run extensive tests and ruled out genetic factors and disorders as the cause.

You will need to continue the Coumadin for the rest of your life. If you discontinue it, you will run a very high risk of developing more pulmonary emboli (blood clots in the lungs). You would also be at higher risk for heart attack and stroke if the clots broke off and were carried to your heart or brain. "Sticky" blood is especially dangerous, and your physicians have taken appropriate steps to normalize your blood and reduce the risk of serious consequences.
Another option, albeit unlikely, to explore is lung cancer. In my practice, I have seen several cases in which pulmonary emboli were the only symptoms of lung cancer.

If you want to explore this option, I recommend you see a pulmonologist (lung specialist). He will most likely take a medical history, do an examination and order some imaging studies of your lungs.

Let me know what happens.

To give you related information, I am sending you a copy of my Health Report "Pulmonary Disease." Other readers who would like a copy should send a self-addressed, stamped number 10 envelope and $2 to Newsletter, Box 167, Wickliffe, OH 44092. Be sure to mention the title.

Write to Dr. Gott c/o United Media, 200 Madison Ave., 4th fl., New York, N.Y. 10016.

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