Glad Miami docs were extra cautious with Bosh.

I had three pulmonary emboli that were only discovered because I had a massive blood clot in my leg that was making it hard to walk last year. If you know you are predisposed to blood clotting issues for whatever reason make sure you take your blood thinners and be on the look out for any sudden tightness or muscle soreness that you gained unexpectedly.

Damn that is scary. Is this something more common in big men?

Bosh’s career ended at 31 when he was still averaging 19 and 7. He was in the middle of his prime, and the Heat had Dragic, Wade, and Whiteside playing well. That team could have made noise in the East, and we never got to see it because of a condition nobody could predict.

Damn CB smh that sucks. Hate that bad things happen to good ppl

That sucks, hope he gets better.

Was he NOT taking his medicine everyday? Goodness I’d never stop taking my anticoagulant if I were him

Ran a marathon a couple of years ago. Noticed a huge shadow behind me as I was running. Turn around and it ended up being Chris Bosh lol. Hope all is well Chris!

Shit is no joke. I had one about 2 months ago and was hospitalized for days. It fucking hurts like hell and I’ll be on blood thinners for at least a year. Thank god he’s doing well

Sounds like he’s a candidate for an IVC filter. Poor guy

That’s a bummer such a scary situation 

Glad the doctors were able to deal with it 

Wild that Bosh is still dealing with this a decade later. Hope Wemby listens, no playoff run is worth rolling dice with clots.

Ah man that sucks to hear. CB always seemed like a genuine dude, so I hope he has a healthy long life!

I’m not sure Wemby could play if he was supposed to be on active anticoagulation, I thought that’s why Bosh couldn’t play

That is scary

It almost sounds like he wasn’t taking his medicine or following whatever the doctors wanted him to. All respect to Chris Bosh tho kills on the court

Glad he’s doing well now. My brother in-law passed away from pulmonary enbolism few years back. Everything happened so fast man.. it’s one of the fastest way to go.

Victor isn’t on blood thinners

I’ve had 3 blood clots like this. Terrifying feeling. Took them a week to clear the clot out of my leg. DVT’s and embolisms are no joke. The recovery for me at least has basically ended any organized athletic activity going forward. Take care of yourselves people

I was so sad when he had to retire. My favourite player ever. I am beyond certain his game would have aged so incredibly well.

He got to 37.5% from 3 in his final couple of seasons and went from 1 attempt a game to 4 in the space of like 2 seasons.

This is so terrifying to say I hope
he gets better he’s such a cool dude

I hated the Heatles, but I was real life human sad when Bosh had to call it because of health, there was a lot of good basketball left in that career

That is horrifying. Glad Bosh is ok now

The thing that is kinda scary is that I don’t think people here are realizing that it wasn’t the clots per say that we’re keeping bosh out. It was the medication needed to prevent the clots. You can’t really be on anti coag and play a high impact sport with significant head injury risk. So… Talking about wemby, he must not be on anti coag because it’s deemed unnecessary… But that also means he’s in the similar boat to bosh, just hoping he doesn’t have another clot (assumingly they don’t see him having a pre disposition to it).

that’s so scary

One of my best friends died from a pulmonary embolism a few months ago, and I’ve met a couple of people who’ve had it since then. It’s more common than you realize.

Fuck man PE is nothing to fuck around with. Lucky to be alive

Man that shit is scary. So is this just something he has to be cautious of for the rest of his life? I worry about Wemby too since he had one so young.

I assume he still has a lot of his wealth. To not have his health though….damn, damn, damn. I bet he has kids; it’s probably devastating having it on his mind to think he may not see them grow because of this

Tall people more likely to get them, people that fly a lot also at a higher risk. It’s shocking you don’t hear more about basketball players getting them considering the risk factors that are in play while doing their job

Scary stuff. Sucks his career ended the way it did. He was still a really damn good player when he was forced to retire. A lot of people forget what a back seat he took in Miami. He was getting MVP buzz his last year in Toronto.

Firstly, I’m glad he’s okay.

Secondly, having got one myself, I’m amazed how chill doctors are about PEs. I guess that’s the difference between “I think I have another clot” “you seem a little out of breath, let’s get you a scan” “so, you have a PE. Here’s your meds” and what happened with Bosh in this instance.

There’s something about being that tall that comes with a bunch of health issues doesn’t it?

You don’t see a lot of 80 year olds over 6’6

that’s scary !

So he clearly wasn’t taking his medicine

Apples and Oranges. Bosh’s clots are caused by an undisclosed clotting disorder: He’s on blood thinners for life due to it, which make playing near impossible (as he tried and showed to be true).

Wemby’s case was structural in nature and was caused by venous thoracic outlet syndrome, where his subclavian vein was pinched against his collarbone and first rib, leading to a Deep Vein Thrombosis event. He a a surgery where they removed some of the tissue in the Thoracic outlet, keeping the Scalene muscles and associated ligaments from compressing the vein against the Collarbone and first rib. So the odds of it happening again are much lower if not non-existent.

I once saw a doc make the call to rapidly push Alteplase on a 20-something year old with a saddle PE, her vitals were all absolute bullshit, like HR 170, O2 78%, BP 60/lmao, i mean she was ON the next train out.

And…. It worked.

I take no credit, i am not even remotely bad ass enough to ever make that kind of call. But hot damn i will never forget it.

Why would Wemby need to be on blood thinners still?

Bosh’s issue is he needs it for life because he’s hypercpagulable but most people just need 3 months and then they’re done. They don’t need to keep their blood thin for the rest of their life. If Wemby was on blood thinners, very few physicians would be comfortable with him continuing to play basketball in the NBA

“I thought I was past it”

This entire thing reads as “despite having multiple blood clots I went off them” even though no physician would recommend that. The second you get a 2nd DVT you’re on blood thinners for life

Bosh retired just in time. Won some rings, got his max contract after sacrificing as the 3rd option and now enjoying an early retirement

It’s wild that we spent years being sad about his career ending, and the man is still out here just fighting to stay alive. The Wemby advice is sobering as hell.

That’s why teams don’t want you, health concern

Lebron is suspected of taking a blood thickening agent (EPO) for superhuman endurance.

Wemby is taking a blood thinner which can drain your energy.

Damn, crazy Wemby was able to play all those playoff minutes while on blood thinners.