Blood clot

Well I get to go on the blood clot roller coaster again. Yesterday when I was doing my first delivery I felt an old familer pain, but it wasen't as intense as my original attack. The pain was in my left leg.
A lot of things go racing through your mind at the moment. Maybe it will just go away? it nothing, or maybe I hit my leg just right and it's just now starting to hurt? or maybe its a blood clot?. I was a little scared, I was thinking about my family, my work, and the thought of another clot. I had a strong prompting that told me I needed to go to the hospital soon. I finished my delivery and called work and told them I was going to the hospital. I brought my truck back to the terminal and took off.
I spent about 9 hours or so in the hospital. To my fear/relief they found a clot in my left leg above my ankle and below my calf. Right when the doctor told me that I have a clot my mind flashed back to the blood specialist telling me "if you ever get another clot again, you will have to be on thinners THE REST OF YOUR LIFE!", that is what is sounded like in my head at that moment.
The thinners aren't the bad part. The bad part is thinning your blood fast. That involes 1 to 2 weeks of shots to my stomach twice a day (done by yours truely) they really suck, and daily blood draws. That's a minimun of three needles a day (if the lab person does a good job the first time).
Once the blood lvl is where it needs to be, it's maintained with a certain mg of a blood thinner called coumadin (I'm pretty sure I spelt that wrong) and then it's once a month blood draws.
I'm am blessed, if this is the worst thing that happens in my life that would be amazing. There are millions of people that have even tougher challenges in there life, I am blessed to have a healthy loving family and amazing friends.
I hope this message finds all of you in good health and in good spirits. Maybe we can't choose the challenges that come our way, but we can choose how we face them. Stay postive no matter what life throws at you. It builds character ; )
Tom