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.
Im almost 10 months post PE. I have been off Coumadin since November. Within the last few days, I started having leg cramps again. That was how my PE started. cramps in my calves, which i ignored, followed by chest pain,which i also ignored, followed by stabbing pain in my lungs which is what led me to the ER, and b/c i waited so long, i suffered lung damage.
Im 38, with asthma, and now lung damage. I am TRYING to get myself back in shape, and i have been going to the gym since January. I start running about 2 weeks ago on the treadmill and so i keep thinking my calves hurt b/c of the running. But, i have been running in a week, the calf pain is there, its annoying, versus pain. Ive been drinking a ton of water so that can't be it.
Is there ever a time when the anxiety of a new clot goes away? I don't think about it all of the time, when is start to have cramps, or chest pain (which I STILL have from time to time), i am convinced I have another clot. How long do I wait till i go to the doc? I don't want to sit here and run to the doc every time I get a symptom.
Im 38, with asthma, and now lung damage. I am TRYING to get myself back in shape, and i have been going to the gym since January. I start running about 2 weeks ago on the treadmill and so i keep thinking my calves hurt b/c of the running. But, i have been running in a week, the calf pain is there, its annoying, versus pain. Ive been drinking a ton of water so that can't be it.
Is there ever a time when the anxiety of a new clot goes away? I don't think about it all of the time, when is start to have cramps, or chest pain (which I STILL have from time to time), i am convinced I have another clot. How long do I wait till i go to the doc? I don't want to sit here and run to the doc every time I get a symptom.
Better safe than sorry, right?
Perhaps you're trying to do too much too soon? Can you buy a bottle of pills that are labeled "PATIENCE" (grin)
*** Cave, if you know where to buy those, you'll let me know, right****
Geesh!~ would you quit bugging me about that?? You're trying my patience and I've used all my pills.
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Keep us posted on what you decide to do and how it all works out. :)
Me, I had leg cramps for years after my first DVT. Couldn't stretch in bed without my legs going all crazy. When I started eating a banana every day (for my orthostatic hypotension) the leg cramps started to disappear too. That, plus drinking a lot of water, made them go away.