I would ask your doctor about working out but I suspect he/she would give you the ok. You can’t know for sure the clots are completely gone unless you have a CT scan. Your doc may do one at 6 months or so but may not. Depends on your doc and on the extent of your clots. But really most clots are not going anywhere shortly after diagnosis and anticoagulants and should completely resolve within a couple months to 6 months but again just depends on your body and extent of clots.

Thank you dear rmb. I wish u get better too.


Regarding gym workout, I am not afraid of the workout itself. My major concern is the protein supplement, is it safe to use now?

I’m sorry I’m unaware of anything you need to be worried about with the protein supplements. Are you worried about it interacting with your xarelto? If that’s the concern, check with your pharmacist or chemist, or your doctor.

I heard that protein zupplements may affect the blood clots in the lung.

Anyway, thank u very much, I will try to search about it.

I had a major PE about two weeks before you did (my second for the year, the first was a minor one after leg surgery, the second, much more severe and for no particular reason), and am also on Xaralto 20mg, probably for life. I was told the clots in the lungs generally dissolve quite quickly - that the lungs are pretty good at clearing those up by themselves. The clots in the legs that precipitated the PE (or what is left of them after the PE) are a different matter - they can take a long time to go, and in some cases never go, although reach a point of stability. I am due to have a follow up lung function test in May, but everything feels fine now.