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Will I ever get off of Plavix, Asprin and get rid of this blood clot...NO!!!

Have blood clot that keeps going to my left eye for times for 15 mins, 10 mins etc.  Doctor said the way it landed in the eye I was lucky because it could have made me blind or it could have went to the brain and killed me.  I had neck, head, brain, legs thighs etc etc scanned to try to find out where it was coming from, and no luck.  Test showed nothing.  Had stint put in my heart march 2016, and was put on low asprin  long term and plavix 3 months  (june 2016), after I had stint put in. Nov 2016 I woke up and my left eye - my sight was a deep deep dark grey.  I knew clot was back, it lasted 45 min...Time I got dressed and went to the emergency doctor, it wasn't there...I've been put on Plavix every since  with low doses of baby asprin.  I bruise like some one beat the hell out of me.  I am so scared that when I go to sleep, I will not wake up one day.  So I went to Georgia 2 weeks ago to visit my daughter and her family to give her extra keys, proxy papers and other important papers just in case something happens because I asked my doctor, how long will I be on asprin and Plavix, and they way they talked, it was like until they find out where that clot is coming from because if they take me off, clot could come back and blind me or kill me...I'm so depressed because all the test shows NOTHING.  I know I am hanging on by a thread because I need surgery very soon with this massive hernia and Gall Bladder, and have shortness of breath and I keep putting it off because I would have to be taking off of Plavix and Asprin for a few days, and if I have surgery, that is MORE blood clots.  So I decided to keep holding off with the surgery, living my life and making these few days happy for me because I have a bad feeling about this surgery which I never had before,  out of all the surgeries I had in my past.  So I just try to spend alot of time with my daughter and her family and good friends and live the little time I have left to be happy.
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1756321 tn?1547095325
I didn't write that well..mould brain (I hate mould!) but I meant gallbladder disease is a listed risk/cause of low stomach acid.
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The article "Chronic Heartburn" from Gallbladder Attack mentions possible symptoms, associations, causes and treatments of low stomach acid and gallbladder disease is on the list.  Low stomach acid is a cause of B12 malabsorption.  That is very interesting as not enough B12 is a listed cause of blood clots. In my case (I have autoimmune pernicious anaemia) I bled for an hour from a small nick but blood clots are possible as well. Treatments for low stomach acid include apple cider vinegar, betaine HCL with pepsin supplements, digestive bitters, digestive enzymes.

Vitamin B12 serum is not accurate as I know from decades of symptoms but at the very least check levels and make sure vitamin B12 serum is at the upper end of the range. Other labs to check include homocysteine (my level went down to 7.3 umol/L from memory after correcting B12 deficiency), urinary methylmalonic acid (MMA), holotranscobalamin.

Life Extension's article's "Is Homocysteine Making You Sick?" states: "studies indicate that people with homocysteine values greater than 8.5 µmol/L are at increased risk of atherosclerosis,10 heart attack,11 and stroke.12"

From the article The Importance of Vitamin B12 & Potential Deficiencies...

"Another destructive consequence of vitamin B12 deficiency is the appearance of homocysteine in our blood.  Dr. Cordain notes, “Without sufficient dietary sources of vitamin B12, a chemical reaction within our bodies is impaired and causes blood concentrations of homocysteine to rise.”  He continues, “Homocysteine is a toxin for almost every cell in our bodies.  It increases the risk for birth defects, infertility, dementia, psychological illness, stroke, heart attacks, blood vessel disease, blood clots, osteoporosis, and overall death rates.” 4"

Something to highly consider in your search for answers.
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