After my 21 day hospitalization with severe sepsis, just a few days ago I had to be admitted again with a deep vein thrombosis on my right leg. On Friday, my cardiovascular surgeon removed the most MASSIVE, fully occluded blood clot - it went from my groin to just below my calf. Hours after my thrombectomy, my doc came to visit me and said he wanted me to walk. He was worried about blood coagulating and us finding ourselves with the same problem. So I walked, and it was the most excruciating pain of my life.