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It's a blood clotting disorder that tends to run in families. It causes blood clots, stroke, heart attacks and more as well as fertility and miscarriage issues.

The good news: it is treatable with Coumadin.

Unfortunately, doctors tend not to test for it and many people suffer needlessly as a result.

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On November 1st of last year, my right foot fell asleep as I was getting out of the car. An hour later, I was in the ER.

Turns out, I had a cluster of 5 or 6 clots that wound up lodging in my right femoral artery. I spent 10 days in the hospital and a month at home recovering.

Here's the deal: I'm deficient in one of the anti-clotting proteins. I take Coumadin every day. My wife says I can't buy a motorcycle. The vascular surgeon who took out the clots is still scratching his head. (He tells me I owe him 50 bucks because he lost a bet about me.)

It's good to be alive.

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