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 this has been a pretty rotten last couple of weeks. If any of you read my last journal entry you knew I had a bloody nose and had to have my poor little nose cauterized, twice. It actually worked. Then today all hell broke loose. I got up and started getting ready for work, when all of a sudden my nose started gushing blood from both nostrils. I'm talking total hemorrhage here. I actually soaked 1 towel before I was able to get to the phone to call 911 (I was home alone) By the time I soaked through the second towel the exploding headache and dizziness started. I grabbed all my meds stuck them in my robe pocket, grabbed a clean jogging suit (one not covered in blood and slumped down by the front door and awaited the ambulance.) My dog actually let them in the door. I totally soaked the third towel by the time I got to the ER. All this happened over a period of 1/2 hour. After getting to the ER, blood tests showed my INR was a perfect 2.9, the CT scan showed nothing and the bleeding stopped as fast as it started. The ER doctor can't find the source of the bleed anywhere, and recommended I go see an ENT to have my sinus cavities better examined. I still have a slight headache and a little dizziness but, I'm back home and plan to go to work tomorrow. Have any of you experienced any unprovoked nose bleeds while on coumadin? I have to say this is a first for me even after being on coumadin since 2005. I honestly didn't know you could get that much blood out of a nose bleed. It actually scared me and I don't scare easily. I have to say I'm a little concerned about the headache too and plan on talking to one of the neuro-surgeons about it while at work tomorrow.
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Look at what my best friend did with my picture!
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We all have 24 hours in a day. How we spend these hours is important. Watching a little bit of a video about how sitting affects us made me aware of how much sitting and laying down I do. Gonna have to work on that.Your turn. Tell me another truth.
This happened to me too. The pharmacist didn't tell me that my 10s were from a new manufacture. I looked up the name on line and figured it out myself. The next time I went, my 2s were from a new manufacturer too but that pharmacist mentioned it right away. I told him the pharmacist before didn't mention that and he was kind of pissed off. He said they really are supposed to do that.
Hugs
Ferr