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.
I have not been active on this message board in several months, and even when I was here daily, I did more reading than posting so I may not be remembered. Regardless, I wanted to say 'Thanks' to all those who gave me encouragement and advice when I blind-sided by PEs in mid-December 2009. When I got out of the hospital, and was on-line investigating, I came across this site and found the stories of others to be educational and inspiring.
I am doing well in my recovery. In January, after basically no physical activity for more than a month, I set an unreasonably aggressive (so I was told) goal for myself: running the Boston Marathon in April. I have worked very hard, and suffered a few frustrating set-backs, but on Monday, I will toe the line in Hopkinton for the 114th running of the Boston Marathon.
Thanks again to those who gave me encouragement, who told me their recovery success stories, and helped convince me that I could do this. I hope you are all doing well, and continuing to improve.
I am doing well in my recovery. In January, after basically no physical activity for more than a month, I set an unreasonably aggressive (so I was told) goal for myself: running the Boston Marathon in April. I have worked very hard, and suffered a few frustrating set-backs, but on Monday, I will toe the line in Hopkinton for the 114th running of the Boston Marathon.
Thanks again to those who gave me encouragement, who told me their recovery success stories, and helped convince me that I could do this. I hope you are all doing well, and continuing to improve.
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Nationalday.com proclaims September 28th as Self Aware Day. I took a few snaps of various core values lists and tried to pick my top five core values (kinda hard to only pick 5). But here are my top picks. Feel free to list a few of yours too:GodLovePeaceStability Compassion
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Now that I am not talking to my whatever best friend, I realized that her life is full of drama. I had grown tired of hearing her stories about her boyfriend many months ago. She basically had been monopolizing conversations for that long too. She pretty much stopped asking me questions about me. I passed her in front of her classroom the other day and didn't even look at her. I am...
Training for and running a marathon are the perfect metephor for recovery from a PE: slow, steady, set backs, patience. It's perfect.
Life is good. This is proof. Best of luck and enjoy your life!