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.
Hello all, I have been off lovanox since april 28th and i am no longer on baby asprin anymore because it was causing chest pain and heart burn so they stopped that to.
I will be taking a trip on june 25th on a plane its only a 2 hour flight but im very nervous about getting another PE on top of i have never been on a plane in my life so its making me double scared. I have been talking to my therapist about it i do have some volume for the flight but i still am scared because i hear its not the duration of the flight its the altitude that coul cause the PE.
So my question is has anyone had a flight after an PE and if so was there any complications? My hema doc said i can get preventative lovanox shots but not looking forward to doing that but i will for sure do what i have to.
I thank you for any information you can give..
I will be taking a trip on june 25th on a plane its only a 2 hour flight but im very nervous about getting another PE on top of i have never been on a plane in my life so its making me double scared. I have been talking to my therapist about it i do have some volume for the flight but i still am scared because i hear its not the duration of the flight its the altitude that coul cause the PE.
So my question is has anyone had a flight after an PE and if so was there any complications? My hema doc said i can get preventative lovanox shots but not looking forward to doing that but i will for sure do what i have to.
I thank you for any information you can give..
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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.
Keep your feet moving, get up and walk once or twice, stay very hydrated and you ought to be fine. I fly 3-4 times a year and I've never had an issue (even on the 5+ hours up to Alaska last year!).
And, yeah, getting preventative Lovenox is always an option. If that'll let you enjoy the flight more, I'd go for it.
I have never heard about the altitude thing either. But i guess thats what i get for listening to what other people say.
You guys are great. I will make sure i keep moving drink my water. I really want to enjoy this trip so i will be doing all i can to do so...
Again thank you both rmb and TossNTurn for your advise.
Have a safe and happy trip!