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.
Hi there everyone. I think I have a chest cold but it's a strange one and I wondered if anyone had had the same. I cough but nothing comes up even though i want it to. I feel like I can't clear my lungs and panic because I feel like I can't breathe. My voice has completely gone - nothing there except a croak - and my throat is raging sore. My oxygen levels are down a little at 95% - normally 98%. I had a PE about 18 months ago. My doctors cannot see me until tomorrow afternoon. Am I panicking over nothing?
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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.
Are you on warfarin? If you're really concerned you could go to urgent care, although I don't know that I'd trust them with anything PE related, but they could listen to your lungs and stuff.
I've found that even the most rudimentary illness takes on new (scary) life after PEs. Mostly likely you've just got a horrid cold and the anxiety is elevating parts of it to new heights.
Not that I blame you. After PEs, the smallest thing can really set your mind racing. If you were sick like this before your PEs, would it have worried you?
If you're really gonna be stressed about this all day today, it might be worth getting checked out at a minor emergency clinic or something. Another option is to call back your doc and ask to be put on the waiting list for the day in case someone else cancels.
Hang in there!
I STILL have times where an upper respiratory issue messes with my head, and I think, ok, what's going on. I think it's something most of us kind of struggle with after a PE.