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.
I have been off warfarin since end of November. I went in first week in December and my doppler was clean. I had a clean CT in August.
I went in Tuesday for my hematology appointment, and all looked good. I went through my genetic tests again, and don't have the results yet.
About an hour ago, chest pain hit. Its uncomfortable. I do have asthma and had some chest pain for awhile after the PE and it was determined that it was caused by my asthma. I went on steroids and it went away in a few days. The pain is back, feels like muscle strain -- this is similar to how this all started in the first place. I don' thane the severe stabbing pain I had. But, it does go from my chest, front, and back.
Anybody know if a clot can really form in 3 weeks and travel to my lungs that fast? Im leaving town for the holidays. Driving, at that.
nervous....., anxious.
I went in Tuesday for my hematology appointment, and all looked good. I went through my genetic tests again, and don't have the results yet.
About an hour ago, chest pain hit. Its uncomfortable. I do have asthma and had some chest pain for awhile after the PE and it was determined that it was caused by my asthma. I went on steroids and it went away in a few days. The pain is back, feels like muscle strain -- this is similar to how this all started in the first place. I don' thane the severe stabbing pain I had. But, it does go from my chest, front, and back.
Anybody know if a clot can really form in 3 weeks and travel to my lungs that fast? Im leaving town for the holidays. Driving, at that.
nervous....., anxious.
But, really, only you know what this feels like to you. If this is causing you a lot of stress, I would go get it checked out. Better to be relaxed for the holidays than otherwise. Best wishes!
It's normal to freak out about something like this, after my treatment finished I worried about every little twinge and still do sometimes! But I agree with the others, it's better to get it checked out if you are concerned, at least it will put your mind at rest if nothing else.