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.
How many of you have an IVC filter??
rmb
I have a permanent filter.
ShilosMommy
Me too.
ShilosMommy
Oh, and a lot of people here have had them, but most seem to have gotten the temporary kind that get removed.
TossNTurn
I've not had one. Don't want one either, at this point.
deleted_user
I don't have one. However, the pulmonologist talked about putting one in while I was in the ICU? I'm glad I didn't need it.
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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.