Alaric Jackson Blood Clot Concern Surfaces Again

[OldSchool]

I have serious blood clot issues. I currently have 19-20 clots that I know of in my body. Two .5" from my heart and one in each jugular.

I know all the medications that are currently on the market. None of them will trigger a violation of the wellness policy. The real concern is if he has Leiden Factor 5 (what I have), it's the most aggressive form of blood clotting. If he has this, Alaric and the Rams are in trouble. His body will continue to clot even on an anticoagulant. I have been on them for 10 years and continue to clot. Diet and exercise help but continued trauma to his body will always put him in serious danger.

Sorry I am coming across as a know it all on this topic. I lost my career, house, vehicle and retirement from developing blood clots in my early 40s. I have met with two of the top doctors in the nation regarding clotting factors. I had to learn about survival on the go with them.

This is why Chris Bosh (NBA) had to retire. Alaric should not be flying across the country and definitely not over seas for a football game.

If he plays this year don't be surprised if he's a scratch from the London trip.

Wishing for the best for you. Thought though if travel is an issue he won't be at camp next week in Maui.

 

[Merlin]

if travel is an issue he won't be at camp next week in Maui.

 

[den-the-coach]

Best wishes and prayers for our Ram brother @Neil039 as to Alaric Jackson. I was wondering about this issue before the signing. Thought he was passed it, but as @Neil039 communicated it I guess he could have been fine and then they resurfaced.

I don't care about the football side, I hope Jackson is fine medically, whether he plays or not. Hopefully D.J. Humphries can fill in and stay healthy too. If Jackson comes back, then great, but he needs to focus on his health and the Rams are providing a former pro bowl LT an opportunity.

 

[Mojo Ram]

Wishing for the best for you. Thought though if travel is an issue he won't be at camp next week in Maui.

The Rams will be using transporters, obviously.

 

[Ground Chuck]

The Quiz and Hump signings are making sense now. Let's hope Jackson is a go. The falloff from him to the others is pretty huge.

My wife and I used to play this early in our marriage. A box of Trivial Pursuit cards, and a bottle of wine, and off we go!

 

[Loyal]

I think I love you.
You may have just saved me from having another stroke.
Mine was the ischemic(blood clot) variety. I take plavix and
baby aspirin daily.
Anyway I need that shot of optimism!!

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EW4E0jAeAf8

 

[Memento]

I just hope A-Jax is okay health-wise. I don't care football-wise; a person's health means more than a game.

 

[Fatboy]

Sorry I misspelled his name

 

[OntarioRam]

The article says he expects to play. Just like he has to date battling blood clots. It is likely just a condition he will have to manage throughout his career and life. This is not a LT we brought in externally via free agency. We've had him in house the entire time. You would hope, before signing him to a 3 year deal at a corner-stone position like LT, the Rams would have done their due diligence on this and satisfied themselves it is not an issue. We're a pretty well run organization. So I am not overly worried about this. I view the Humphries signing as the Rams simply knowing our depth at tackle was awful, and looking to address that, rather than being indicative of something wrong with Hav and/or AJ. I'd have wanted Humphries even if both had 0 signs of concern. Wouldn't you? Injuries happen.

I love Alaric Jackson as a player. Not sure I'd bring him back after this 3 year deal. He feels like a player you don't want beyond age 30, notwithstanding that he is a late bloomer and in my view still has room to improve - the blood clots, the build, everything. I suppose it depends how he looks, plays, and holds up during this contract though and also what the team looks like at that point in time. Nobody has a crystal ball.

 

[sloramfan]

in 2007 i began having what i thought were minor heart attacks. my cousin had heart surgery about 5 years earlier, and after his release i was at his apartment (watching the rams game most likely) and he showed me these tiny white pills they gave him. They were nitro-glycerin tablets and he told me "our family has a history of heart issues, so if you think you are having heart trouble, take one of these and get to the hospital quick".

so in '07 when i kept having what i thought were mild heart attacks, i would take one of the nitro pills, and the trouble would totally disappear in minutes.... but after 3-4 days of dealing with this, i got my oldest daughter, still living with me, and told her i'm going to the hospital, and i may not be back for awhile, and told her what i was dealing with...

being a single dad with an 18 yearold, her sister who was 15, and my youngest son who was 8 at the time i was naturally concerned with them being at home for any length of time...

off to the hospital i went and when i arrived, i told the receptionist that i may have been having mild heart attacks over the last few days. She chuckled and said "i'm not sure that is the case have a seat", and within a few minutes i was wheelchaired into a room and the doctor ordered a cat scan.

after the scan the doctor came into my room and told me i wasn't having heart attacks, but i did have pulmonary embolisms in my lungs... these are blood clots that start in your legs, most likely, and move up into your lungs.. they immediately iv'd me and put me on blood thinners...

i called my sister to tell her (she was a hospital receptionist 25 years) and she firmly told me "you have to do what the doctors say because those can kill you!" so every day the doctors would come in and i would ask them "when do i get to go home" because i was a single dad raising 3 kids at the time, and they kept saying "probably tomorrow". Every couple of hours, the whole time i was in there, a nurse would come in, and stick a needle in me, and they were, i guess, analyzing my thinning blood..

now all of my symptoms were non existent from the first day i was in there, and four days had passed, and it was now 3 days until thanksgiving. i had been telling anyone that would listen, and finally told the doctors about my kids, and told them "im going home tomorrow, period". So the doctors said ok we understand, we'll see what we can do.
they gave me a small amount of warfain (spelling) tablets and the doctor also said "i'm giving you a prescription for blood thinners that you have to administer yourself. i was told to give myself injections of the medication into my lower abdomen. the nurse explained how to do it and asked if i woud be okay with doing that, i said "of course, i just want to go home".. and i was released...finally..

so i left with my 6 injections to be applied over the next week, and my prescription for warfarin. now my sister knew i never really trusted the pharmaceutical/medical community because i know they save lives but it is also a business. this is why she was so stern with her "follow docs orders", and i'm a total naturalist that believes a healthy diet is pretty good medicine too.

i know, long post..

so i get home and look up what warfarin is, and find out it's a diluted form of rodent poison that thins your blood. so i immediately look for a natural alternative, and found out 3000 IU of vitamin E is equal to a single warfarin. so i finished my warfarin prescrip and started taking the 3k of vit E daily...

i have never returned to the hospital or doctor and it's been 18 years and as far as i know, im ok...

so with all that, im going positive and believe AJ will be fine... as for long airplane rides, there are aisles on the plane, he can get out of his seat and walk around, because i was told that long periods of inactivity can be a problem with my condition, and most likely his also..

im still working construction, and the kids are all grown and doing great...

AND.. still rooting for my rams... lol

go rams

slo

 

[Merlin]

The Rams will be using transporters, obviously.

Nerd.