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.
Last week the doctor said they will be doing a follow-up ECHO at the end of May. They are still concerned with possible pulmonary hypertension. I am also going to start pulmonary rehab on Tuesday. Last night, I had to meet someone down the street and started walking without even thinking about it. And I felt fine. I still come home and collapse after 7 hours of work, but I'm making 7 hours. This morning I decided to try really cleaning. I mopped the floor and proceeded to vacuum. I figured I'd see how my heart does. Given I was told no higher than 120. And today it hasn't gotten above 107. Yes, I am resting even between parts of the floor and it's taken me 3 hours to mop, move the kitchen back, dust and vacuum the living room; but a lot further than I have been getting. In other words, it DOES get better. But some take longer than others. I am just at six months this weekend.
For me, when I'm feeling lousy, I walk past all these things in the house that I want to do. That closet I need to organize, the shirt I meant to give to Goodwill, that project that'll take three minutes if I can just get to it. Anyway, when I do finally start to tackle that stuff, it can be SO life-affirming. I can always tell when I've been feeling lousy for a while and I've started to feel better ... I tend to organize and clean when I'm "reclaiming" my life. It makes me feel like I'm on top of things instead of lost in the chaos.
Always glad to hear that you're getting to some of the stuff that's probably been on your "list." It feels really good, doesn't it?