Pulmonary Embolism Support Group
By far the most common form of pulmonary embolism is a thromboembolism, which occurs when a blood clot, generally a venous thrombus, becomes dislodged from its site of formation and embolizes to the arterial blood supply of one of the lungs. Symptoms may include difficulty breathing, pain during breathing, and more rarely circulatory instability and death.
Ok I don't mean to be a downer at this little party of ours, But I have a question and I'm not quite sure how to ask it. I'm 55 next month and have had 3 episodes of PE's. They finally realized I need my INR in the upper ranges of therapeutic to prevent them from reoccurring, OK I can live with that. But does having had the PE's shorten my life expectancy? As far as anyone can tell (CT scans or MRI's) I don't have any scaring in my lungs. Is having had these PE's going to ruin my chances of living to the ripe old age of 140 and becoming a burden on my children?
Not that I have heard of! At least we improving our chances in one way knowing what we know.
By the way if you are intending on being a burden to your kids, be kind to them now cos they get to coose your nursing home!!!
Kate x
As such, you should look forward to a full life. I know I plan on annoying my kids for a long, long time (it's called payback :)).
Regards,
Tom in Connecticut