Back from the Edge of Life's Abyss

In May 2013, just a few weeks after pulling out of his first Ironman - the Ironman Los Cabos race in Mexico - with breathing problems in the swim, writer/author/filmmaker Ian Stokell found himself in the Sharp Memorial Hospital emergency room in San Diego. After ultrasound and cat scan tests he was found to have a double pulmonary embolism blood clot in each lung, and multiple deep vein thrombosis (DVT) blood clots stretching from his left ankle all the way to mid-way up his left thigh. This is the true as-it-happens story of his long battle back from being so close to the edge to the completion of his first Ironman.