Likewise, I can't say its warfarin, but have had quite a lot of muscle (legs, lower back, ...) and joint (elbows, knees) pain around the time of the PEs and continued while on warfarin. It is a reasonably well known possible side effect of warfarin
http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/deep-vein-thrombosis/in-depth/warfarin-side-effects/art-20047592

Whether it's from warfarin or not, don't know but I know for me the fact that I wasn't as active as I had been before my PE coupled with the tension and stress I felt for a couple of months after diagnosis really took a toll on my body. I felt like I aged 40 years.

Also, I started having really bad leg and shoulder aches at one point. I went to the doctor and learned that my vitamin D levels were super low. My aches went away after I started taking vitamin d regularly and my levels got into normal range.

I'm not saying warfarin isn't the cause for you, just that sometimes we should step back and look at all the possibilities in our own situations to be sure there's not something going on.

I'm with rmb on this: I've been having TONS of aches and pains since my PE.

Personally, I think it stems mostly from the trauma caused by the PE. I've now been diagnosed with highly probable Fybromyalgya, and I do have osteo-arthritis. Both can be triggerred and aggravated by a trauma.

Meds, any meds, can sometimes aggravate those symptoms and the fact that I am very restricted as to what I can take to manage the pains does not help at all!

Exercise helps a lot, as long as the pain is not flaring.

Hope this helps.

Yes, your feedback does help. You see, ever since I've gotten these blood clots, I've been hypersensitive to every little pain in my body: "Is there another clot?", "could this be something very serious like cancer that the clots have awakened?" Boy, there's so many things to consider. Actually, the Hematologist believes that one of the main reasons for clotting is the fact that I have the Factor V I mutation. However, I am scheduled to go for testing next week: D-dimer test and other blood tests. Wish me luck...........

Indwen

Yes that's absolutely true, that you become so vigilant about your body, that it becomes really difficult to assess what's causing what, what may be something that's been on going for while but you suddenly it feels new because you're so hyper aware of things. That was a challenge for me the first few months after my PE for sure.

Good luck with your tests!

I can say my joints have really been hurting since I started on the warfarin. Knees and shoulders. I can't really say it's the Warfarin, but I'm just not the same as before the clots. I used to lift light weights,
jog a little now I can't do those things anymore.
The doc's say it's just me getting older, I don't want both knees replaced and both shoulders done. That' I won't do. So I'm just doing the best I can.