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My Husband Had An Achilles Tendon Rupture, He Died Of A Pulmonary Thrombo Embolism.

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titanium
titanium

PLEASE read, " Avoidable DVT Death of my Husband. "....... Full leg cast, no safeguards, no warnings. If this helps just ONE person out there, then his death will not be in vain.

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  • sarah76801
    sarah76801 titanium

    Posted

    Titanium,

    Thanks for the warning. I'm sorry to hear about your husband. They prescribed me a daily injectable blood thinner - tinzaparin. Hopefully this is a direct result of cases like your husband. They are also very clear on the warning signs of a DVT.

    Kind regards

    Sarah

    • titanium
      titanium sarah76801

      Posted

      Thankyou. Any information you could give as to your injury, treatment, and medical location would be of value. I know we can`t name names, but a clue might be helpful.
  • Wholefruit
    Wholefruit titanium

    Posted

    So very sorry to read this awful news. I was also given daily injectables but no blood tests were ever done to make sure they worked.

    In my opinion it's long past the time when we should be moving on from this archaic notion of plaster casts for total immobility for long lengths of times. It unnecessary now there are so many different types of boots available and it's time consultants upped their game with this.

    Sending condolences. X

    • titanium
      titanium Wholefruit

      Posted

      Thankyou, to you and Sarah. I have been fighting this for almost 3 heartbreaking years. I won`t give up.

      The last thing I want to do, is frighten people. I just wanted to raise awareness of the dangers, and the desperate need for risk asssessment. The only questions ever asked of my husband were.... name, address, d.o.b. and how did you get the injury? The pathologist at the inquest said that the trauma of the injury was enough to cause the clots, couple that with total immobilisation of his leg for the first 11 days. His chances of recovery were, in my opinion, vastly reduced. Had he been given Heparin, there is every chance he would still be here. Thankyou again.

    • titanium
      titanium Wholefruit

      Posted

      Would it be possible for you to give me some info as to the nature of your injury, treatment received and an idea as to the area where you got the treatment.?
  • vicki_57097
    vicki_57097 titanium

    Posted

    I'm so sorry for your tragic loss.

    I don't feel like my injury has been taken seriously. I was in a cast for 10 days before I saw an orthopaedic surgeon - that original cast was put on by a&e and I was given no information, just crutches and painkillers.

    I saw the orthos almost a week ago. I was given a new cast and a prescription for blood thinners. I was also told I needed an URGENT ultrasound and that someone would call me. As of yet that has not happened. I actually wonder how urgent it has to be to get an appointment.

    My orthopaedic surgeon also said I would most likely be in a cast for 12 weeks.

    • titanium
      titanium vicki_57097

      Posted

      Full or half casts? My husbands encased his entire leg.

      They should have risk assessed you for DVT. which is a common

      problem in people wearing casts for a prolonged amount of time.

      You should have been given information as to the dangers and warning signs to watch out for. We were told NOTHING. This website gives info on DVT , I certainly don`t want to scare you, but you need to know what to be aware of so that you can protect yourself.

      Chase up that ultrasound. Don`t ever be afraid to ask questions. Keep your own record of appointments, names of Clinicians etc.

      And if ANYONE comes near you to "manually force " your foot into a walking position, scream at them to STOP !.

      I am armed with all of this information....now that it is too late.

    • andrew_67449
      andrew_67449 titanium

      Posted

      I'm so sorry to hear of your loss

      I didn't take this as such a serious injury at first

      The first time round it snapped Feb 2015 i had back slab cast in A+E but they didn't give me any fragmin 

      I wasn't given any fragmin or told about DVT while in a boot

      It re ruptured at 13 weeks i went back to A+E for back slab and they said I would need to go back on fragmin !

      I said i didn't have any fragmin and don't even know what it is !

      obviously i do now and reading of your loss has made me take DVT serious 

      Andy 

       

    • titanium
      titanium andrew_67449

      Posted

      Hi Andy.

      ,Thankyou so much for your response. So sorry that you have had, not one, but two ruptures.

      My husbands tragic death has spurred me on to pass on to people, all the information that in reality, is the job of the Clinicians within our hospitals. But as we both know, this is not being done.

      Risk assessment for the potential need of anti coagulents, was made mandatory for ALL medical patients back in 2009. I only found this out recently.

      Keep safe, be aware, pass your knowledge on, we will just have to do their job for them. Take care.Lyn.

  • darlene1544
    darlene1544 titanium

    Posted

    Hello - thank you so much for the awareness.  I also am very sorry to hear of your loss.  My elderly mother is having this surgery 1 march for a torn achilles tendon.  It sounds like a surgery that would come with little risks, but I decided to look into it and that is when I found your warning.  I hope her doctor has heard of this. 
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