It might be that you're still healing, or it might be the Xarelto. Side effects are common. I had to be switched four times.

Have you had that heartburn shoulder feeling comeback ?

I had right side shoulder blade and back pain on and off for a.few months after my PE.

The muscles of the chest area and arm seem to go to pot after PE's.The pains left me after approx 10-11 weeks as long as I didn't do weights.I 'm taking a year off lifting weights.As for cardio Dont' do anything strenuous (cycling running ecliptical machine) for 8 weeks and build it up gradually. If you can afford it get a physio for the shoulder pain.If the pains get worse try another med like i did eliquis. However I switched from xarelto to eliquis and now I'm being told that the reasons why i switched chest pain, were actually post pe pains rather than the xarelto. There is also a case for switching if you are adversely affected mentally by the pains and aches.Try to convince yourself that it is not the meds but rather post pe pains.Because you wont know for sure until the 3 month mark.I was riddled with clots on both sides of my lungs.

I switched to eliquis just see if my symptoms reside only been few days will see , just did a heart scan and breathing test won’t know anything till Thursday,

Good man hopefully it will work out.

Did switching to eliquis help?

I no longer have the back stiffness pain but as far as feeling tired , fatigued zombie I still feel like that I think that xarelto and eliquis relatively the same

Maybe it’s not the medication but just part of the recovery. What you are describing is so common. Your PE wasn’t that long ago.

The 28th will be 2 months @rmb what a roller coaster

Underlying issues are the exception. That’s why stuff is chalked up to recovery.

My take is this: if you think something is wrong, go to the doctor. If they can’t find anything wrong at some point you have to chalk it up to recovery.

rmb, I agree with you. Sometimes it's so hard to tell, because this is new territory for all of us. We think everything we feel is "recovery" when it might be something new. Having said that...getting CT scans for every little ache & pain may not be the answer either. I've had 2 CT scans & 2 xrays within 3 months & the radiation starts to add up. I'm also weary of going to ER, because frankly, that's the default for every doc when you call them with a post-PE ache..."go to ER." Wish there was a tipping point symptom that tells us when to go to ER and when to relax. Such a hard call!

One thing for sure....recovery is different for everyone. There are twists and turns and it's very individual. We'll all get to where you are now...healed and knowledgeable. But, the road is long and uncertain at times. Thankful to you & others who calm us all down!

Totally agree with you. I was in the ER several times after myPE because I had all kinds of weird symptoms, pain, breathing issues. I had several CT scans as a result. Some of it is recovery. Some of it is, as hard as it is to accept, is the hyper vigilance we slip into after such a traumatic event. Who could blame us, right! But that hyper vigilance is part of the anxiety that develops. I think the tipping point for me was the realization that I could not maintain that level of hyper focus on every twitch, pain, twinge, breath, heart beat, etc. I couldn’t maintain it emotionally, physically or psychologically because it’s so taxing to be in that state. It also steals your time from happiness, from enjoying the good fortune of surviving. Our families and our friends deserve us being present in our lives and their lives. We deserve to be present, happy and whole. You can’t do that when every thought is consumed by our bodies.