https://fightdvt.com/about-amaris/2019-04-01T21:53:50+00:00weekly0.6https://fightdvt.com/amaris-story/2019-02-22T02:46:00+00:00weekly0.6https://fightdvt.com/links/2017-11-24T07:15:37+00:00weekly0.6https://fightdvt.com/2015/04/20/running-to-recover-from-a-dvt/2019-06-24T13:10:42+00:00monthlyhttps://fightdvt.com/2015/05/01/johns-hopkins-clots-kill/2025-08-23T10:02:17+00:00monthlyhttps://fightdvt.com/2014/07/07/how-to-ride-a-plane/https://fightdvt.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_5325.jpgIMG_5325In front of the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia.2015-04-20T18:57:20+00:00monthlyhttps://fightdvt.com/2013/08/27/a-year-ago-i-almost-died/https://fightdvt.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/603432_10100611544426863_693896785_n.jpg603432_10100611544426863_693896785_nMy first post-legascapade half marathon (May 2013 Brooklyn Half). Only 7 months earlier I couldn't walk and doctors told me I might not run again. https://fightdvt.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/picture-1.pngPicture 1This scan of my leg shows that my left leg (right in this image) is swollen.https://fightdvt.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/picstitch1.jpgpicstitchhttps://fightdvt.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/photo-5.jpgphoto 5https://fightdvt.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/photo-3.jpgI didn't look sickBut I would spend another 6 weeks in a wheelchair. And it would be another 4 months before I could walk more than a few blocks at a time.https://fightdvt.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/photo-2.jpgHanging out in the hostel. Unable to walk, but still had no idea what was wrong.https://fightdvt.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/photo-1.jpgMy left leg was swollen, darker and in excruciating pain.2018-08-25T21:13:01+00:00monthlyhttps://fightdvt.com/2014/07/14/what-i-wish-id-known/https://fightdvt.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/12634095535_53e448e4db_o.jpgCatheter Directed Thrombolysis Getting catheter directed thombolysis in New York. Unfortunately the treatment would be too late.2015-04-20T18:56:18+00:00monthlyhttps://fightdvt.com/2014/07/28/i-wear-clunky-jewelry-so-i-dont-bleed-to-death/https://fightdvt.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/450.jpgI chose this medical bracelet at Walgreens.com because it is easily recognizable during an emergency.https://fightdvt.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/photo.jpgProcessed with MoldivAmaris White DVT PE FACTOR V ON XARELTO ASA (aspirin) DAD 925-XXX-XXXXhttps://fightdvt.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/hope-page.jpghope pageI previously wore this medical bracelet, but was worried it wouldn't catch a medical professional's eye in an emergency.2015-04-20T18:55:54+00:00monthlyhttps://fightdvt.com/2014/08/04/we-are-not-alone/https://fightdvt.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/20140805-111011-40211355.jpg20140805-111011-40211355.jpgOur NYC marathon training schedule!2015-04-20T18:55:38+00:00monthlyhttps://fightdvt.com/2014/08/11/stop-the-clot/https://fightdvt.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/logo-stacked_logo_highres.jpgLOGO-Stacked_Logo_HighRes2015-04-20T18:55:17+00:00monthlyhttps://fightdvt.com/2014/09/17/18-miles/https://fightdvt.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/photo.jpgphotoRunner's high after 18 miles.2015-04-20T17:52:48+00:00monthlyhttps://fightdvt.com/2014/11/10/the-marathon-is-your-reward/https://fightdvt.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_1009.jpgIMG_1009Celebrating with Times Square in the background.https://fightdvt.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_1007.jpgIMG_1007Buzzfeed: Best 2014 NYC Marathon signs.https://fightdvt.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_1008.jpgIMG_1008New York Times 2014 finisher at 4:50:17.https://fightdvt.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_1004.jpgIMG_1004Officially complete. :)https://fightdvt.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_1005.jpgIMG_1005Marathoners!https://fightdvt.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_1006.jpgIMG_1006Tiffany's special edition 2014 TCS NYC Marathon necklace.https://fightdvt.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_0998.jpgIMG_0998Running everywhere.https://fightdvt.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_1001.jpgIMG_1001The Wall is real.https://fightdvt.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_0999.jpgIMG_0999The final stretch in Central Park.https://fightdvt.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/img_0993.jpgIMG_0993Even more Stop the Clot love.2019-07-11T12:48:40+00:00monthlyhttps://fightdvt.com/dvt-the-basics/2019-10-08T07:46:58+00:00weekly0.6https://fightdvt.com/2014/08/26/happy-2-year-clotiversary-to-me/2019-04-01T21:18:34+00:00monthlyhttps://fightdvt.com/2014/08/18/today-in-fashion-rocking-the-one-legged-sock/https://fightdvt.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/500b11401.jpg500B1140There's no reason not to wear your compression stocking. Good for every occasion. :) https://fightdvt.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_99891.jpgIMG_9989Wearing heels and going out for a night of dancing shouldn't stop you from wearing your compression stockings.https://fightdvt.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_0252.jpgIMG_0252Compression stocking underneath my running pants--with pants, shoes and socks on, you can't even tell which leg has the stocking! (my left leg, right in this photo)https://fightdvt.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/img_8490.jpgIMG_8490Rocking the single compression stocking look.https://fightdvt.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/chronic-venous-insufficiency.jpgChronic-Venous-InsufficiencyWhen the valves in your legs are damaged after a DVT, the blood can flow backward in the veins and your legs will be left swollen. Compression stockings can help mitigate this effect.2018-11-30T14:50:48+00:00monthlyhttps://fightdvt.com/2014/07/21/85-of-air-travel-dvt-victims-are-athletes/2014-11-10T18:11:56+00:00monthlyhttps://fightdvt.com/2014/06/30/nyc-marathon-training/2014-11-10T18:11:19+00:00monthlyhttps://fightdvt.comdaily1.02025-08-23T10:02:17+00:00