There is no way that a sudden blood clot can be accurately predicted.
Years ago, I suffered a heart attack that literally came out of nowhere—no symptoms at all. Luckily, I made it by ambulance to a local hospital in time and the cardiologist on call knew exactly what to do. I was in the operating room before I knew what was going on.
The doc placed 3 stents in my heart at that time. That was 8 or 9 years ago. In the intervening years, I have had stents placed in my legs due to slow blood flow, but have been healthy otherwise.
Doctors certainly don’t p*** me off, though I don’t have the need to visit them often. There’s a GP here in our little town that I see maybe twice a year.
Now that I’m in my late 70’s, I think I am very blessed.
PS—I think it’s all a matter of what’s in your genes..
Were you told you have good circulation but your legs hurt before the stents went in?