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.
For the past year, I have avoided most sites on clots, with the exception of this one. In the beginning, I looked up basic info, mostly causes and recovery, but that was it.
Well, brilliant me, now that I am off warfarin, decided to look up some stuff on reocurrance. What was I thinking??? One site said the risk of re-clotting is typically low. Another says if you have clotted with no found cause, it is much higher. It also stated it can depend on where the clot was and the severity of it. I had massive saddle PE's, so what does that mean? And what is the time frame for greater chances of re-clotting? Within the first year? For life? These are just questions I am now asking myself.
So yeah, no more googling for me! lol
Well, brilliant me, now that I am off warfarin, decided to look up some stuff on reocurrance. What was I thinking??? One site said the risk of re-clotting is typically low. Another says if you have clotted with no found cause, it is much higher. It also stated it can depend on where the clot was and the severity of it. I had massive saddle PE's, so what does that mean? And what is the time frame for greater chances of re-clotting? Within the first year? For life? These are just questions I am now asking myself.
So yeah, no more googling for me! lol
rmb
Yeah, don't do that!
jmac67
oh no - stay away from google! its always the worst case scenario you find first - never the cheery one to make you feel good! stick to here! lol
Jean1014
Yup, lesson learned! :o)
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