From Kat O'Brien's blog Shelley Duncan health update I just got off the phone with Shelley Duncan, a rookie infielder/outfielder for the Yankees this season, who was able to fill me in on his recent health scare. He had a blood clot in his arm, but information has been scarce. Due to HIPAA laws, the Yankees were not able to comment on his health, since it was a non-baseball-related medical issue. Shelley told me that his arm had felt weird for a couple days, but not hurting. One day he woke up, and his armpit was swollen. So he called the doctor and got it checked out and it turned out he had a blood clot in his arm and spent five days in the hospital prior to Thanksgiving. He saw Dr. George Todd, a vascular surgeon who operated on David Cone after he developed blood clots. Duncan won't need surgery, but is on blood-thinning medication, he said, and can do limited upper-body activity until January. The good news, Duncan said, is "Everything's going to be perfectly fine. ... The doctor's confident that it won't happen again." The worst part for Duncan, he said, is "The scariest thing is not knowing what's going on." The blood clot should not affect Duncan's readiness for spring training. He said that at this point in the winter, he isn't normally doing baseball activities, just staying in shape. "Where I'm at healthwise is where I'm at every single offseason." The scare, though, "makes you really feel fortunate to be healthy." Posted by kobrien on December 6, 2007 3:25 PM | Permalink --

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