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 was misdiagnosed (they initially thought I had a PE in my 36th week of pregnancy, but they couldn't test). 4 months later after still feeling awful I had a VQ scan which apparently showed a clot in my right lung. I'm worried that it hasn't dissolved. I have high blood pressure now. I didn't ask my doctor any questions I was too stunned. He put me on warfarin (as I was breast feeding at the time, but have since stopped because stress made my supply go down). My INR is 2.4 but I'm constantly frightened of either not getting better or dying. Help.
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Look at what my best friend did with my picture!
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We all have 24 hours in a day. How we spend these hours is important. Watching a little bit of a video about how sitting affects us made me aware of how much sitting and laying down I do. Gonna have to work on that.Your turn. Tell me another truth.