Ian Anderson, the front man of the famous British rock group Jethro Tull shares his experience of developing DVT while travelling between 3 continents in 2001:

Confessions of a DVT Victim and Ten Tips for Survival

“But something didn’t feel right with the leg - a deeper and more sinister feeling than just the dodgy knee - so, after a brief discussion

with a worried hotel doctor, I took myself off to a Sydney hospital and insisted on an ultrasound scan to determine that, hopefully, no clot was present. Alas, the scan showed a huge and life-threatening clot stretching from just above the ankle to the upper thigh, just below the groin.”

Image source: JethroTull.com
More information: Ian Anderson Interview, 2003 on YouTube.

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