coumadin and injuries - when to call the doctor??

Thank you so much for your response Bomber! It is much appreciated. You're right, I find myself being very nervous about everything from riding in cars to eating too much broccoli to any bruise I find. The first week I was on it I tripped and hit my knee against the bed post and was convinced I was going bleed. I didn't. I guess this just take a bit to get used to. So far it looks like I am going to be on this for at least a year (pending results of all my blood work). thanks again! Alex

Hi there! I am a 28 year old female who was diagnosed with a DVT in my upper left arm in October of 2004. I have been on Coumadin since October 27. Getting adjusted to all this has been quite crazy as my case is so rare (the location of the DVT) that they are testing me like a lab rat to try and find out what caused it as I did not have any injury or previous DVT's nor do they run in my family. Getting used to Coumadin was so not fun. The first week my heart rate so high they got in me for a CT Scan b/c they thought I was having a PE. I have been sent for 3 MRI's and a series of Round 1 of blood work for any inherited blood disorders that we don't know about. The reason I am writing it because for the first time something happened yesterday. As I sat down on the floor to watch TV (long story we just moved apartments and we're waiting for our couch to arrive) and I thought there was a pillow behind me to lean back on, but alas there wasn't and I wound up bumping my head on the wall behind me as I sat back. I haven't felt woozy or sick or nauseous or have any headaches but I am worried as everything I keep reading says "Go to the Emergency Room" if you hit your head. I mean what defines "hit your head" and just how severe does the hit have to be for you to go to the ER. I mean I know it's better to be safe than sorry but I do not want to sit in the ER for 5 hours for a doctor to tell me to come back if I show any symptoms. Anyone ever hit their head and wound up ok? I am just so new to all this that I panic at the first sign of any bruise on my leg or arm, etc... thanks! Alex