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.

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working out...

patastrophe
patastrophe
after a three year lay (katrina, busted ankle, surgery, PE) off REEEEALLY sucks.

i feel like ive been run through one of those old fashioned washers with the wringer on top.

where do i sign up for amputation and bionic arms/shoulders? LOL
cupcakedecay
cupcakedecay
I feel ya, im starting to get back into moving around a bit and i ache like a mofo! especially my arms and shoulders im all weak and jello like grrrr
rmb
rmb
Ha, I love that you said "mofo"!
dero
dero
Ooooooo, she said moffo!!! :O
Eh, that name describes it extremely well!!!
Yup, I'm in that same situation, my cardio level is waaaaaaaaaaay low and I did'nt even go to PE. Hav been doing nuttin for the last year and a half and just last week I started doing some stationary bike and threadmill and I realised that I was soooooooo out of shape comparedto my old self, who could go riding in extreme conditions for eight hours in a day...
You HAVE to remember, START SLOWLY, don't expect this to happen overnight.
I started with 15 minutes for two days and then tried upping it for 30 minutes on the third day and have been there everyday.
Feel your body talking to you, it knows.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Same here -deconditioned I believe is what they call us -just in time for a new year of fitness -just had an echo to make sure my heart wasn't the reason for me feeling so crappy after exercising -just the chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia -not gonna let that stop me. I used to feel so good after a workout, now -its the deep fried ass thing instead. Look out bowflex and treadmill, here I come! 14 months of sitting around for me. Lets have a gettin back into shape club! Teri
patastrophe
patastrophe
i wasnt even in shape before, im just in worse shape now LMAO

in other news, ive been off of coumadin for a week and a half now. nice to finally have my old guts back. i didnt realize how much of a safety blanket it was for me though. every little twitch in my legs has me ready to jump for the phone and dial 911 in case theres a new thrombus floating around in there.

funny how sometimes when you get what you want, you dont necessarily want it.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Hi, Yeah -- ooooeee -- getting back in shape post PE is a doozy!!! It's been 10 months post PE - I can walk a mile or so - but still can not climb up stairs - muscles are too weak. Very frustrated, and stuck in one bedroom for 10 months now, as bedroom is on first floor and all else is up a flight of stairs. I do excercises for tone butr hav not been able to build much muscle back yet. hugs, clairejean
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