My Pe was Nov 6th. Since then I have had two viral infections.I was in the ER a couple of times and just told that I had chest congestion from a virus and that it is going around. Now I have a sharp pain in a small area just right of my left breast. It comes and goes, moreso, when I am moving around.
I have read as well as being told by Drs. that we are more prone to getting respitory issues because of the PE's.

I got bronchitis the day I was released from the hopital from DVT/PE. I usually get it once or twice a year. This was the worst case of broncitis I had ever had. I was conviced it was pneumonia but my internist said no. It took me three weeks to get rid of it and the cough probably lasted 5 weeks.

OK here's my 2 cents worth.
My last PE (2 days ago) I had just gotten over a head cold and thought oh great now its moved down into my chest..... I did end up going to the ER because of that famous sense of doom we sometimes speak about getting, or call it our intuition or even our 6th sense. Well guess what it was a good thing I went in because I had another PE in my right lung. I'm not trying to panic any of you but when you have lung pain or chest congestion Get your Butts in and get them checked immediately. With our history you never know if it is another PE or not. We can't afford to take the chances, and its better safe than sorry.

Hi All, I haave a chronic cough since my PEs last March 2008. My doc says that is the old clots breaking up slowly over time and the immune reactions in the lungs from that. It's rough and no help so far with this. take cough medicine and drink hot tea with lemon.
hugs, clairejean

I'm guessing that due to the severity of your clots.... your lungs are very sensitive right now. I had multiple clots and lung infarction back in June 2008. I still experience chest and lung pain. Believe me.... I've been back to the hospital a few times to get things checked out. So far... I've been ok, but I have NO history of asthma or pnemonia, but in the last several months I have had to use an asthma inhaler because I get a wheeze and tightness feeling.

I live in Arizona and the air quality is really bad. So I can tell when I've been outside and I start coughing more and need my inhaler. I'm sorry that you're having these infections, but like Ferr said- get things checked out. No need to hesitate...
It looks like you might live in Great Britan-
you might want to check out Dawn's old posts or several other sweet ladies (loveheart) to see how they dealt with the "health system" and which direction to seek for a consult...

Hello Kerenza and welcome to our little forum!
You'll soon find out that the people on here are fantastic! They are the most knowledgeable, sympathetic and helpful friends you could have because we've all been where you are right now. If you have the time to trawl through some of the older posts om here I bet you will find very very similar symptoms and emotions to your own.
Its very early days for you so be kind to yourself and take it easy - I'm also in the UK so feel free to ask me anything about NHS treatment etc - love Sandie x

Thanks for all your replies :-)
I'm off to get my INR levels checked today, they'd got me stable enough to go every 2 weeks but the antibiotics messed my levels up before so it's back to twice a week until this course is finished.The steroids are helping with my breathing but I will still ask to get checked out by the gp just to be sure.

I go back to the clinic on fri 13th (oooooh) feb, my consultant is really nice but in hospital I didn't really know what kind of things to ask. My mum still laughs as all I was really panicking about was not being out in time to get my christmas shopping done!

I notice many people had multiple clots, I was "lucky" in that I only had 1 but they told me they were amazed I was with it because it had almost blocked the entire blood supply to both of my lungs.
This is why I am panicking and wondering how much damage has actually been done. I get tests done after my 6 mnths on warfarin but it seems a long time to wait when you need answers.
Thanks again to all of you, I'll have a read of the old posts when I get back, this site really does have some lovely people on x

LMBO Kerenza, I can so relate to your worrying about getting out in time to go Christmas shopping. My last PE was in the end of September 2008 just 12 days before opening of Elk season here. (I am an avid hunter) and I was complaining to the Doctor I needed to be out before opening morning so I could be on my hunting stand. LOL I even scheduled my INR draws around when I would be coming in off the mountain so I wouldn't miss morning hunt.

Lol it's daft the things we worry about eh? I got my sister to send me all the christmas catalogues into the hospital so I could at least browse and get some ideas for gifts.

Well a bit of good news is my INR is 2.5 despite being on the antibiotics etc so I have a week before I have to go back; woohoo! I'm absolutely terrified of needles and even the fingerprick test bring me out shaking and sweating. They're used to me now though and are lovely to me, still a week off is going to be bliss!!

Yes, I've also had some chest infections since. My vascular surgeon told me that while I'm not any more susceptible to getting an infection (immunity hasn't been compromised) but that if I did get one, there would be more of a risk of having it settle into the chest because of the lungs being weak after the episode. It sounds like your situation was similar to mine too at the beginning, I also had thrombolysis in my lungs as a lifesaving measure and part of one lung collapsed. So obviously, the lungs are struggling to recover. I've now been nearly 5 months since my episode and things are slowly getting better. It's been a couple of months since I've gotten any kind of cold/cough, though I do try hard to avoid exposing myself unnecessarily to any infections.

I hope you're feeling better soon. I know that getting a cough after this is horrible, so I really feel for you.

Sarah

Hi everyone
I'm new to this kind of chat would appreciate any help if possible
I'm 31 and been diagnosed with pe on right lung about 4 weeks ago now I didn't have the usual symptoms apart from sharp pain when taking deep breaths in right side I've been put on rivaroxaban now waiting for referral but I don't know who with go said it should be heamotology does anyone know where I go from here not had any info about anything really I've googled most of what I know so far any help will be much appreciated

Who is getting the referral for you?

I started with a hematologist who then passed me over to my GP for ongoing maintenance.