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 went to the doctor. She reduced my warfarin to 5 due to the high INR. And I am not allowed to go back to work for at least another month. She concurred with the group. It takes time to heal from this. And again, she said the clots need to be reabsorbed. They don't just disappear. And that I have to take it slow. Not sit completely, but do things gradually. No cardiac rehab yet. And I can't go to Sedona which out here in Arizona would be a higher elevation. She said higher elevation would bother me right now. I got all the questions answered and feel better that I am "right on track" as far as the doctor is concerned. As well, as all the help I've gotten from this group. So, I will be around some more. Cause I do find it hard at times to "take it easy".
Keep your head up; it will get better. I started with just easy little walks - not far and on level ground. That helped me to feel less depressed about not being able to be active. I wish I had wore a heart rate monitor when I started my walks, just to track my progress.
Just remember to take it easy on yourself; your body is doing what it is supposed to right now. And healing and repairing takes energy away from all the "normal" things we like to expend energy on.