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 for my first swim yesterday and I am so happy!
The water was cold, but my lungs were working great.
I could swim and swim!
After my PE in December, I wasn't sure what that first swim would feel like.
It was fabulous.
I've been exercising on land, but there's something about being in the water that seems like a good test for my heart and lungs.
I needed to share my good news with my friends here.
The water was cold, but my lungs were working great.
I could swim and swim!
After my PE in December, I wasn't sure what that first swim would feel like.
It was fabulous.
I've been exercising on land, but there's something about being in the water that seems like a good test for my heart and lungs.
I needed to share my good news with my friends here.
Beecute I am so jealous of your swim, the water here is still way to cold and even has ice in it still so I'm not going to tempt the swim until it warms up a lot more. LOL we even had snow last week, so glad I was in the hospital for that one.
HUGS
Ferr
I have a membership to an olympic size pool that is open from April 1 until Oct. 1.
It's amazing- big, beautiful and some else cleans it.
They heat the water a bit for that first month but it's still usually too cold except for the hard-core athletes.