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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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cupcakedecay 10/26/2008

Hi all,
Im getting myself into trouble again! I shouldnt be doing computer research! But I saw this story in my research of that pill I hate YAZ!!!! Anyways I am posting this story not to make people cry but to somehow find the strength in ourselves to know we survived and we will get through this somehow. Its really hard, its been so difficult for me everyday is a challenge.

Sometimes its so hard to feel lucky in these times and circumstances but really we are fortunate in that we are still here. I am working very hard to continue believing this.

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On July 11, 2007, the Yaz Birth Control Pill KILLED my 20 year old daughter. One week before she died she started to have shortness of breath, she went to the doctor and was diagnosed as Bronchitis little did we know she was throwing small blood clots that did not show up on xray because of her age the doctor didnot think about bloodclots. I am so lonely without her. I HATE YAZ. "

deleted_user 10/26/2008

oh my goodness, that is so sad...that poor girl! but it does make me realise just how lucky we all are! :o( xxx

cupcakedecay 10/26/2008

yes I am interested please keep me posted.

deleted_user 10/26/2008

I was just release after a week in the hospital treating s DVT in my right leg and Multiple PE. The doctor pinned the DVT to my use of birth control and a torn calf muscle from a recent fall off my front stairs. My birth control was Lo Ovral.

deleted_user 10/27/2008

The whole situation with birth control pills these days is very scary. I was on them for 10 years and I still think that they're an amazing, easy, and symptom-free method of birth control (and cramp reduction, etc.)... for those who should be taking them.

My grandfather died of a PE, and my mother was always instructed by doctor's never to take the pill. I told my OB/GYNs my family history, more than once, and even told them that i was uncomfortable being on the pill, and for years they assured me that I was fine. Two PEs later, my hematologist doesn't even want me to keep my IUD because she's scared of the progestin.

I think that women should be tested at least for FVL before they're put on the pill.

deleted_user 10/27/2008

Mine was not YAZ, it was Ortho Novum 35, I am in, if we include all birth control. I took mine for years to regulate my period and it nearly killed me. I had been taking it since I was 19 and I am now 47.

Let's not see anymore parents having to mourn the death's of their daughters. I have told my daughter to use other types of contractive's because I do not want them going through what I have gone through. I am hoping they are taking my advice. Ida

deleted_user 10/27/2008

This is very very sad indeed. I was on tri-minulet and various others - apparently the risk with the pill is only in the first 6 months, or if you change brand then the first 6 months of using the new pill - I don't know if this is true or not though.

Memtynakht - I am now using a copper IUD - absolutely no hormones in it whatsoever, and I've had no problems at all, its been great. Although most docs say the progesterone only pill/IUD is fine, I was not convinced and refuse to touch the stuff!!

cupcakedecay 10/27/2008

I had only even taken Yaz and I was on it about 5 months when I had my PE 8(

patastrophe 10/27/2008

i feel kinda wierd being a guy posting on this thread, but i agree with nemtynakht, if your teens want to get on b/c and there's a family history of clotting, dvt, or PE they should get tested first. there's too many other methods of b/c to risk your life on hormone treatments.

when i first started posting on here i was shocked at how many women have PE related to b/c. now that ive learned more about it, im stunned that its not much more common knowledge than it is.

deleted_user 10/28/2008

You know, Shyla, that's what I'd heard, too - that blood clots typically happen in the first 6 months to a year after starting the pill. However, I got my first one after about 9 years on the pill (admittedly I'd switched pills a few times). I'd been on Kariva/Mircette for about three-four years when I had my first clot.

I'm curious about the copper IUD, but there was so much physical pain involved with the Mirena for me I'm not sure I'm up to it. Plus, the reason I went on the pill in the first place was to help my cramps, which I've heard can be exacerbated by the copper IUD.

But back to the topic of this post, I'm not sure why everyone else went on the pill, but I did shortly after I started college. It was a big joke with all of my friends that whenever you went to Health Services at our school, the nurses would say, "Oh, you have a cold/fever? You should be on birth control pills!" They really seemed to encourage their use and most of my friends were on them. I don't know if the nurses just felt that the benefits outweighed the risks or if it was a lack of awareness.

Again, I recognize that statistically the odds of clotting are low, but they're not insignificant. I agree with patastrophe and everyone else who's made the point that family history and lifestyle (how often do you travel abroad, for instance, or are you overweight?) need to be factored in to the decisions about birth control.

deleted_user 10/28/2008

I was on birth control in my 20's then stopped. After hfeavy periods I was back on it in my 40's. I was on it again for three years before I had my PE and DVT. I think this rules out the 6 month theory.

deleted_user 10/31/2008

I feel so left out- I developed PE after having a baby-not preventing one lol but I feel your pain sisters and I, too, hate yaz!!
Won't even dignify it with a capital letter.

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