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It doesn’t mean they won’t do it, it simply means they won’t do it till they dissolve the blood clot with a special medication. Because of several blood problems, I’ve made 4 blood clots over the last year, one nearly killed me when it went threw my heart and lodged in my right lung triggering what’s call a pulmonary embolism. That’s a very, very serious and life threatening situation.

So with you having a blood clot, it’s probably stuck somewhere in your body. So your doctors won’t do anything to dislodge the clot but try to dissolve it before it damages your heart, lungs or brain. You’re a very, very lucky person that they discovery it before it possibly could have killed you. Good luck. @becky1024

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Thanks for your response, Becky. Here's the odd part of all this-- apparently the clot is in or around my heart (it was found during a TEE), and the treatment is blood thinners which are Eliquis and baby aspirin. I already have been taking those drugs and the clot formed anyway. How then can they dissolve it? I'm confused.