Barmore and Blood clots

[Grogan14]

Without having more of his medical details, it’s very difficult to speculate on his prognosis and on whether he needs to stay on blood thinners for a fixed period of time or indefinitely. A big part of this depends on whether he has other risk factors for blood clots. If he has other risk factors, he may need to be on blood thinners for a very prolonged time years or even lifetime. However, in a best case scenario, which is where he only had blood clots in his leg and they did not travel to his lung and he has no other risk factors. Typically young healthier patients would only need to stay on blood thinners for 3 to 6 months. The bottom line is, we simply do not have enough information to assess whether he will come back and whether he will be able to accept the risk of playing football if he hast to stay on blood thinners.
The concern that I have is that after he returned to play in November, something else happened that caused him to remove himself from playing. We have no idea why he decided to stop playing, and this might indicate some type of concern about recurrent blood clots or him needing to go back on blood thinners. Overall, I would say that his return remains a huge question mark for upcoming season

 

[PatsFan2]

We'll get our answer if they Draft DT Mason Graham.

 

[ctpatsfan77]

We'll get our answer if they Draft DT Mason Graham.

I suspect that would not be the way the news breaks, but, yeah.

 

[PatsFan2]

Without having more of his medical details, it’s very difficult to speculate on his prognosis and on whether he needs to stay on blood thinners for a fixed period of time or indefinitely. A big part of this depends on whether he has other risk factors for blood clots. If he has other risk factors, he may need to be on blood thinners for a very prolonged time years or even lifetime. However, in a best case scenario, which is where he only had blood clots in his leg and they did not travel to his lung and he has no other risk factors. Typically young healthier patients would only need to stay on blood thinners for 3 to 6 months. The bottom line is, we simply do not have enough information to assess whether he will come back and whether he will be able to accept the risk of playing football if he hast to stay on blood thinners.
The concern that I have is that after he returned to play in November, something else happened that caused him to remove himself from playing. We have no idea why he decided to stop playing, and this might indicate some type of concern about recurrent blood clots or him needing to go back on blood thinners. Overall, I would say that his return remains a huge question mark for upcoming season

IF they Draft DE Abdul Carter: it could mean good news on the C Barmore front.

 

[Pape]

Barmore should have been shut down for the entire season. While I appreciate his efforts to make a come back, his long term health is much more important than playing this year was.

 

[mgteich]

Are there really no athletes playing while they take blood thinners? I have known many, many people who take blood thinners for most of their lives. Isn't the issue whether he can rebuild his strength?

It seems that there are other complications.

 

[PATSYLICIOUS]

Is there any idea if he is back on the blood thinners now or if they just had him stop playing due to symptoms returning? Im guessing if he was having symptoms theyd restart therapy but not sure

 

[Steve102]

Are there really no athletes playing while they take blood thinners? I have known many, many people who take blood thinners for most of their lives. Isn't the issue whether he can rebuild his strength?

It seems that there are other complications.

Any bruise he gets could become an serious issue, from my limited experience and knowledge anyway.

 

[festy1986]

A paragraph or two goes a long way

 

[RobertWeathers]

Is there any idea if he is back on the blood thinners now or if they just had him stop playing due to symptoms returning? Im guessing if he was having symptoms theyd restart therapy but not sure

That was my understanding as well.

Not sure it's the same as Andrews who had clots in his lungs....but he returned without restrictions.

 

[Family]

Barmore should have been shut down for the entire season. While I appreciate his efforts to make a come back, his long term health is much more important than playing this year was.

Absolutely.

And I don't care if the doctors say it didn't matter.

Still made no sense.

 

[Real fan 02]

We'll get our answer if they Draft DT Mason Graham.

And trade for Jeffrey Simmons..

 

[Real fan 02]

Barmore should have been shut down for the entire season. While I appreciate his efforts to make a come back, his long term health is much more important than playing this year was.

Just another blunder under Mayo... Barmore should have never been allowed to return no matter how good he felt. Andrews had to sit out the entire season with ordeal.

 

[ViperGTS]

And trade for Jeffrey Simmons..

Yeah this needs to happen. It really, really needs to happen.

 

[RobertWeathers]

Just another blunder under Mayo... Barmore should have never been allowed to return no matter how good he felt. Andrews had to sit out the entire season with ordeal.

Why blame Mayo? Hes not a doctor. His situation is on the training and medical staff.

Barmore was cleared to play. I'm sure they administered blood and imaging tests frequently and when his results came back unfavorable they put him back on the BT protocol/changed his med/dosage.

As long as his life and career were not in danger, letting him play was prudent.

 

[Grogan14]

While on anti coagulants contact sports are generally not recommended. For example trauma to spleen or liver while on blood thinners could lead to serious internal bleeding

 

[Real fan 02]

Yeah this needs to happen. It really, really needs to happe

Yeah this needs to happen. It really, really needs to happen.

Yes!! With the pieces in place with Williams it's a realistic thing that could happen guys a beast.. he needs to be in new England.

 

[Real fan 02]

Why blame Mayo? Hes not a doctor. His situation is on the training and medical staff.

Barmore was cleared to play. I'm sure they administered blood and imaging tests frequently and when his results came back unfavorable they put him back on the BT protocol/changed his med/dosage.

As long as his life and career were not in danger, letting him play was prudent.

Mayo was the HC.. so let me ask you this? If Andrews who went through the same thing was cleared by medical doctors, and has his ramp up time and wasn't performing up to his capabilities like Barmore did does bill play Andrews???.

 

[Real fan 02]

Why blame Mayo? Hes not a doctor. His situation is on the training and medical staff.

Barmore was cleared to play. I'm sure they administered blood and imaging tests frequently and when his results came back unfavorable they put him back on the BT protocol/changed his med/dosage.

As long as his life and career were not in danger, letting him play was prudent.

Like Bill used to say sometime you have to protect the player from themselves! Because he felt good enough or was "cleared " to play doesn't mean a player "should " especially with the some thing like that.

 

[PATSYLICIOUS]

That was my understanding as well.

Not sure it's the same as Andrews who had clots in his lungs....but he returned without restrictions.

Correct, andrews clots had traveled to the lungs which made it much more serious and they completely ruled his season out from the start. Hopefully Barmore returning didn’t set him back