Good ole braided Viking beard dropped a series of tweets today to let all his fans know how his battle versus blood clots is going:
“Berserker’s & Berserkett’s hope all is kick-ass with all our Black Label Families!!!!! Here’s the current update on The Gayness!!!!! I spent 3 day’s in a hospital in Eugene Oregon where they gave me a 24 hour drip of Heparin where they could monitor me. I was given a CT scan where they found 3 clots. I was then told each one of the clot’s passed through my heart. I just recieved an ultrasound. My left leg has a clot above the side & behind my knee, my calf & running into my heel. My right leg has a clot in between my calf & ankle. In a couple of day’s, I’ll have another CT scan to see how my lung’s are doing. On the brighter side of Black Label they shaved off 4 inch’s from my LOVE CANNON so Barbaranne won’t be be in such excruciating pain as I HAMMER & PLOUGH MY LOVE into her THOR STYLE !!!!!!!! Aside of that all is peachy keen !!!!!!! To all the BLS chapter’s & our BLACK LABEL FAMILIES WORLDWIDE THANK’S FOR ALL THE PRAYER’S & GET WELL’S !!! GOD BLESS… SDMF LOVE ZAKK”
TMD has done more research into exactly what is ailing the guitar great and at a much closer
look, it’s truly some pretty serious stuff. Here’s what we’ve learned:
Blood clotting is a normal process that occurs in the body to prevent bleeding. The body makes blood clots and then breaks them down. Under certain circumstances, the body may be unable to break down a clot, which may result in a serious health condition.
Abnormal blood clotting in the veins is related to a combination of several problems such as “sluggish” blood flow through the veins, an over-increase in clot forming factors, and/or an injury to the blood vessel wall. Blood clots can form in arteries and/or veins.
Clots formed in veins are called venous clots. Veins of the legs can be classified as superficial veins (close to the surface of the skin) or deep veins (located near the bone and surrounded by muscle).
Venous clots most often occur in the deep veins of the legs. This condition is called deep vein thrombosis (DVT), or deep vein clot. Once a clot has formed in the deep veins of the leg, there is a potential for part of the clot to break off and travel (embolize) through the bloodstream to another area of the body.
Deep vein thrombosis is the most common cause of a pulmonary embolism. Therefore, the term venous thromboembolism (VTE) may refer to deep vein thrombosis and/or the complication, pulmonary embolism.
Other less frequent sources of pulmonary embolism are a fat embolus, amniotic fluid embolus, air bubbles, and a deep vein thrombosis in the upper body.
“Every year, about 400,000 Americans die from lung disease,” said Bernadette Toomey, President and CEO of the American Lung Association. “With our report, Lung Disease Data, we hope to provide valuable information on lung disease to the public, especially to people who become ill and their family members who are caring for them,” she continued.
There are many types of lung diseases including:
Obstructive lung diseases such as asthma and COPD which includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. These all affect a person’s airways and limit or block the flow of air in or out of the lungs.
Lung cancer. A disease characterized by uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells.
Respiratory failure, pulmonary edema, pulmonary embolism and pulmonary hypertension. These conditions are caused by problems with the normal gas exchange and blood flow in the lungs.
We will keep our Den Head readers posted on Zakk Wylde’s health condition as more news develops.
http://www.lungusa.org
http://twitter.com/ZakkWyldeBLS
Sharon is a class act, replacing Ozzy’s guitarist without even a phone call.
Not to mention Zakk is facing a life or death situation.