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.
hey y'all.
my chest pains on my L side (where i had my pe in december) and my fatigue were getting worse.
i'm not the type to complain or make a big deal about things.
but my friends made me call my doc.
i called this morning.
my doc said i had to go to the ER.
ugh.
i wasn't going to go.
but my friend who runs a coumadin clinic lovingly yelled at me.
so here i am.
i have peed in a cup, had an EKG and just had a bunch of blood drawn.
they gave me an actual ER room.
here i wait.
thank goodness for laptops and wireless internet.
send hugs!
thanks.
my chest pains on my L side (where i had my pe in december) and my fatigue were getting worse.
i'm not the type to complain or make a big deal about things.
but my friends made me call my doc.
i called this morning.
my doc said i had to go to the ER.
ugh.
i wasn't going to go.
but my friend who runs a coumadin clinic lovingly yelled at me.
so here i am.
i have peed in a cup, had an EKG and just had a bunch of blood drawn.
they gave me an actual ER room.
here i wait.
thank goodness for laptops and wireless internet.
send hugs!
thanks.
Glad to hear that the CT scan did not show any problem for you. Sorry I am just now reading this, seems the vertigo kicked me at the same time and so I was down. I loved seeing all the support and followers of your event however.
Now, in regards to the CT and what it shows. My doctor is pretty darn sure that I have often experienced micro-clotting events. He explained it to me like this. First off being micro- it may make me feel bad but not have any long term damaging effects as the microscopic clot makes it way past. He tells me that it was not all that long ago that all we could do was xray a bone and that technology was just an infant. So now we have all these fancy scans intended to capture a clot readily on film but it cannot begin to tell us what is happening at the tiniest cellular level.
It give me comfort to reflect on that idea when I go to the ER for another false alarm. Just because they did not see it did not mean that it did not exist at some tiny level beyond their vision and understanding.
SO glad you got home quickly. I hopey our employer is understanding. I always have to jump throught hoops to file intermittent medical leave secondary to APS
It is good to remember that we know our bodies better than medical technology can scan them...
It is easy to forget that medical science is always changing and rapidly too- what good info.
(slightly off-topic, but my doc told me that they didn't even have lovenox 10 years ago and just kept you on a heparin drip! yikes!)
I am so lucky to have a fabulous work environment and a supportive boss.
I went in for a half-day today.
I was telling my supervisor what went down and mentioned that
"I made me mistake of telling my doctor that I had chest pains..."
And he looked at me and said, "That was NOT a mistake."
He is a good guy.
He also likes it that I am tech savvy and have creative ways of working from home and even from the hospital!
I saw my doctor today.
She said i did the right thing about taking the chest pain seriously.
She was glad it was another PE and that my heart was fine.
She diagnosed me with costochondritis.
It's basically inflammation of cartilage around the ribs.
She wants me to take ibuprofen for the inflammation (even if it messes a bit w/ my INR), use heat and massage.
I know a lot of you have chest pain, so here's some info about my diagnosis. She said it was pretty common:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/costochondritis/DS00626
I don't know how to thank all of you enough for your support!
I wish I had the energy to send each of you a personal thank you message.
When I was alone and scared in the hospital, it was so nice to hear from each of you on this discussion.
Hugs to all!!
Trut, i don't know the answer to the coughing question.
Maybe start a new discussion and somone who is wiser than I will answer it...take care.