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Perez Hilton Walks Again After Emergency Thrombectomy

Early walking helps prevent new clots after his emergency surgery.

Overview

  • Hilton shared Tuesday that he is moving with a walker at home and says the pain is strong but manageable without medication.
  • Doctors treated a deep vein thrombosis in his right leg with a thrombectomy on Friday to remove a fully blocked clot running from his groin to below his calf.
  • Hours after surgery his doctor asked him to walk to reduce clotting risk, which he described as the most painful steps of his life.
  • He was discharged Saturday and canceled his Easter Sunday plans because the pain from those first steps was severe.
  • The scare followed a 21-day hospital stay for severe sepsis that he says began after the flu and a stomach ulcer perforation, and he has since issued a public apology and vowed personal change.