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.

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Chest pain on and off while recovering from PE

legs11
legs11

Hi All I'm new here.


Hospitalised on the 13th of january and discharged on 22nd for DVT and PE.I'm very lucky to be alive.One clot went to my heart went through the hole in my heart( 205 of people have a hole in their heart) and went back down the other way and lodged in my spleen before disolving.My question is this .I am taking the blood thinner xarelto 15mgs twice daily.With recovery from PE due to multiple clots are you dealing with a lot of chest pain.it started when i entered the hospital(upon treatment) and i still have it.Is this normal?how long does it go on for?Also im walking around the city where I lived spsced out I'm kind of traumatised it has affected me psychologically.Is this normal too?If anyhone can help Id appreciate the advice.

rmb
rmb
All normal. You may want to follow up with your doctor just to mention you are having chest pains but my experience was I had more chest pain and upper back pain after I got home than I did in the hospital upon diagnosis.

You are still recovering from a really traumatic event to your body. You will feel weird, emotionally, mentally physically. It takes a while for everything to start falling back into place. Fatigue is really common as you start to get back to your routine. So between the fatigue and the emotional aspects you kind of feel like a zombie at times. It gets better. Give things time.
moolar
moolar
As RMB said, this takes a huge toll on a person, mentally & physically, & it's not something you recover from overnight either. Some days will be worse than others, but it will get better in time, hang in there.
legs11
legs11
Thank you very much for your replies.Much appreciated.Have to go back to my general practitioner (doctor) today though as i'm breaking out in a red rash on my affected leg; the right calf and shin.Its most likely an allergic skin reaction to the meds.
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