Might the chest pain be related to your anxiety, considering the timing of it? Not being on anticoagulants can be really emotional and stressful and can cause your anxiety to kick up. When I've been super anxious, sheesh, I could swear I'm having a heart attack. And then if you're hyper focused on the chest issues, it just amplifies it.

rmb, Hum you would think that, that would have been my first thought to connect the two but i didnt think about that because i had not had an attack in a few months since i took your advise to seek some therapy ( I thank you for that it truly has been such a big help) Had you not mentioned that i might not even thought of that. (sigh).

That is exactly what it feels like, like im gonna have an heart attack, Or i have another PE.

I have been focused on it trying to figure it out like what is it why is it there. (sighs again)

Man oh man this is just crazyness ii thoughti was doing so much better. I go to see my theripist tomorrow i will bring this up. I also just looked up that the baby asprin im on could cause chest pain i will call me hema in the morning to ask about this just to cover all areas...

Thank you rmb.

You know, sometimes certain things trigger anxiety so I'd try to not look at it like you are failing at addressing it, but just that it's one of those things you may have to manage for a while. I find anxiety to be a sneaky devil, sort of popping up at times out no where, it seems. But that doesn't mean you're not making progress. Hang in there!

I'm extremely familiar with anxiety as mine predates my PE. It can absolutely appear at random and the tiniest things can become triggers for it. Therapy is an excellent start! Now you will have to discover what your triggers are and how to cope with them. My anxiety morphs into different body parts. It's like as soon as I accept its just anxiety causing X (dizziness, arm tingling, etc) then it changes into something else just to keep me freaking out. So be aware that can happen. But when you're so singly focused on a fear - PE in this case - anxiety will mimic those things you know to be symptoms of a PE. Since you've been checked out, you can be assured you don't have another PE right now and chalk the pain up to anxiety. Work on finding ways to manage the anxiety. I know it's so so tough but when you can begin to understand and work with it, it can help a lot!

Oh! The anxiety can really be so hard to get a handle on. I really had a lot of trouble for a couple years post-PE but even now it can rev up, even if I know *why* I have a certain pain.

For example, I twisted weird sitting down in a spin-y chair at work and wrenched my leg. I knew it was going to be sore for a couple of days, but my brain still went into "What if its a clot!" mode for a few days. At this point, my best defense is to acknowledge it and then just go on with life. I usually warn my husband that I'm feeling anxious too, just so he knows what's going on.

And, yeah, the anxiety can take the form of chest pain, SOB, and all the other symptoms that we tend to associate with PEs. It really does take time and practice to sort it all out. In your case, you have been checked out, so it isn't a clot. You do have to look in other directions.

Also, definitely think about other environmental triggers. I went to my doc with SOB and some mild chest pain at one point. The SOB had been around for about two weeks and I was totally convinced that I had another clot. But, we tracked it back and figured out that the SOB had started the day that we had the carpets in my house cleaned. The fumes had made my poor lungs freak out. We spent a few days vacuuming and airing out the house and my lungs were suddenly magically better.

So, yeah, if you've been around fumes, or it is suddenly getting hot or humid where you are, or you've got spring allergies, don't forget to factor those into what you may be feeling also.

Hang in there! You're in therapy, which can help so, so much. Now, cut yourself some slack for being worried (you're just trying to protect yourself) and think about how much you've learned since all this has started. It definitely takes a lot of baby steps before we start seeing big strides.