Brock Boeser out indefinitely with blood-clotting

[saintunspecified]

I discovered i had a rare blood disorder at age 40 when my body randomly started creating blood clots that traveled through my leg (deep vein thombrasis) and heart and then into my lungs (pulmonary embolism). this was an unprovoked clotting.

I remember when Tony Gwynn would talk about deep vein thrombosis to increase awareness. Scary, and I'm glad you came through it.

Really sucks for Boeser.

 

[CrazyDuck4u]

Same thing happened to Silverberg last year for the ducks.. Its been happening to alot of athletes . Sucks for Brock

 

[fancy dan]

Biggest risk would be in travel, flying back and forth from Vancouver to Dallas, Florida, or New York. Blood clots and airplanes are bad news (that's how Chris Candido died). The fact that Vancouver is the geographically farthest team from anywhere else doesn't help matters.

this is not true. a person on blood thinners is the least likely to get clots on a plane. the concern for a physical athlete is being on blood thinners and playing a contact sport. something like a slapshot in the leg could have a profound impact, nevermind a serious cut. if he's on thinners long term, his career is over and it will have nothing to do with flying.

 

[EmptyNetAssassin]

lots of athletes like Venus Williams and Chris Bosh have recovered from provoked blood clots. taking an impact and flying a lot have impacts on this.

I discovered i had a rare blood disorder at age 40 when my body randomly started creating blood clots that traveled through my leg (deep vein thombrasis) and heart and then into my lungs (pulmonary embolism). this was an unprovoked clotting.

if Boeser has the former, he should conceivably recover fine. If he has something like i have (factor V leiden), he would have to remain on blood thinners for life (like me) and he would be not able to play a contact sport like hockey.

I'm hoping he had some provoked clotting and that he will be fine in time.

Stamkos had a blood clot issue about 5 years ago.

 

[Pogotheclown]

With all the traveling it's strange that teams dont use low molecule heparins.

 

[Pogotheclown]

this is not true. a person on blood thinners is the least likely to get clots on a plane. the concern for a physical athlete is being on blood thinners and playing a contact sport. something like a slapshot in the leg could have a profound impact, nevermind a serious cut. if he's on thinners long term, his career is over and it will have nothing to do with flying.

Half life of low m heparins are 6hrs.
They should be able to combine beeing protected while traveling and having it out, or almost out of your system during games.

 

[57special]

this is not true. a person on blood thinners is the least likely to get clots on a plane. the concern for a physical athlete is being on blood thinners and playing a contact sport. something like a slapshot in the leg could have a profound impact, nevermind a serious cut. if he's on thinners long term, his career is over and it will have nothing to do with flying.

Well, there are blood thinners, and there are blood thinners. If you are taking a baby aspirin once a day you will bruise a bit more easily, and it will take a bit more time for blood to clot, but saying that you can't play hockey on them is not correct.

 

[fancy dan]

Well, there are blood thinners, and there are blood thinners. If you are taking a baby aspirin once a day you will bruise a bit more easily, and it will take a bit more time for blood to clot, but saying that you can't play hockey on them is not correct.

confused about this. if you're on a real blood thinner like apixaban or rivaroxyban you can't play contact sports