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.

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Xhypnotic-rose
Xhypnotic-rose

I was diagnosed 2 weeks ago with PE they put me on blood thinner, I still have chest pain, dizziness, shortness of breath especially doing house duties. But this whole time I feel like something is going to go wrong, I'm not affaird but just feel like this and cant stop feeling like this. I have been up to ED twice in 2 weeks but they said nothing out of ordinary and sent me home. Has anyone felt like this then something bad does actually happen?

rmb
rmb
Yeah that is very normal. It’s just the anxiety and stress. It’s very normal to also have some chest pain and feeling off after you get home. Your body is in recovery mode. Read through other post if you can. You’ll find common experience for sure.
Fenners
Fenners
X-hypnotic rose
Hi .. just seen your post.. how are you doing now ? .ive been home from hospital for 2 weeks and Ive had some chest discomfort.. almost like a raw feeling on and off .. it scares me so much when it happens and I’m terrified it means something is going wrong, the shortness of breath has eased right up and it’s only usually if I concentrate on it that I get a bit panicked and think I can’t breath !! Does anyone know if it means that things are improving if the breathless feeling stabilises ??
I find I have a couple of good days then a bit do good one where I have niggles that worry me .. I still get dizzy on and off
This is so hard isn’t it .. I just want to relax and know that things will be ok !! Is that how you feel ?!
Devo
Devo
They found multiple blood clots in my lungs 3 weeks ago. I’ve had 3 ER visits and a hospital stay in 2 weeks. Getting diagnosed was scary and at first I felt like you do. I’ve learned though that there is a lot of recovery to be done from this that will last awhile. Although I’m still scared about stuff I’ve calmed a bit because these unwanted side effects are part of the journey to getting better.
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