I haven't yet commented in this matter because, even though I feel very strongly about the situation, I'd rather not present my opinions as fact in a case as serious as this. I do see some misconceptions and outright excuses in this thread, so I can provide these facts:
We all are prescribed Xarelto, but only for around 3 weeks, whereas other doctors like Betz or Paley give you Xarelto during all lenghtening. Giotikas reasoning is that Xarelto can cause serious side effects, and that the chance of clots after 3 weeks is extremely low with full weightbearing. I cannot give an informed opinion on this matter, as my field of expertise is Law, and not Medicine. I do think that, even if the chances are extremely low, I'd rather risk side effects (like liver issues) rather than embolism, and it seems that other doctors think the same. Again, I'm no expert on this matter, and this may have just been a freak accident.
The patient was disciplined, cautious and smart. He did previous research, in fact I met him initially trought this forum. The issue was not at all due to lack of mobilization, as he walked more than any of us. The week he had the embolism he was even walking home from PT, instead of taking taxi.
He had a fasting diet for years, that's true. However, it's a lie that he kept that secret: he was talking about it very often and EVERYONE knew about that. In fact, I personally heard him recommend that diet to one of the PT people. The Dr says he did not allow him to fast, but the patient personally told me that he asked him and was allowed as long as he took enough calories per day. I can't say the Dr is lying, as I never heard the real conversation and I only have the word of the guy, but 100% everyone knew about his fasting diet.
He had extremely bad luck due to the fact that the week before the incident he got the flu. A theory can be that he had COVID (fever, cough, muscle pain), cause it can cause clots , but he said he did a rapid test and came back negative. The thing is that, due to just having flu, when he started having embolism symptons (cough, chest pain) it seems that he just thought it was flu symptons again. In fact, I have an audio of him 1 hour before the incident, and he told me that he still had some symptons, but he was feeling "back to normal".
He did have thigh pain for weeks prior to the incident, but I don't think it was related, as he was told it was an issue with his IT bands