At the end of October 2008 I had a massive PE and a DVT that stretched form mid calf to mid thigh. I was exhasuted for the first two months, I only missed two weeks of work. The week I was in the hospital and the week when I got home from the hopital I worked half days from home.
My PE gave me no trouble after month 3 but the DVT is a whole nother story..swollen leg, charley horsesm have to be careful not to bang it...all these hurt!

I'm about 6 weeks post PE now and I've been working full time since about 3-4 days after I was first diagnosed with the exception of time I miss each week going to Coumadin clinic. I battle fagtigue all the time. I work in an office as a Travel Specialist and the travelers don't give me much time to rest from processing their travel orders. I went to work today after discharged from the ER and it was non-stop work once I got there. I worked for 4.5 hrs today but felt like a full days work!

I am six weeks out and the doctor still wants me out foe another 4 weeks. I have to admit I thought I was ready to go back but have been really trying to get up the energy to do the simple things like light housework. Things like vaccumming and carrying things make me very SOB and tire me out eaily. I have to do things a little at a time and just keep trying to plug along. The docotr told me this is not like other illness or surgery it can take weeks and months to regain the strenght and stamina you once had. I had bilateral PE"s and a DVT the went from the mid calf to the inferior vena cava so it was huge I even had to have a blood transfusion because the clot took some much blood out of my vascular system it dropped my hemaglobin from 13 to 8. I was still on O2 untill last week at home.
I do feel tremendously better but as I try to do more I am so tired. My job is a hospice nurse so I have to drive long distances to get to my patients. I do worry about all the driveing when I go back to work. I am comtemplating looking for a different type of job. Maybe an office type situation. Not sure that would be better with all the sitting. I do know that I can't do floor nursing and be on my feet all day. Decisions, decisions. If anyone has any thoughts let e know

I've been out of hospital 6 days now and went back to work full time (I'm a resturant manager so 50 hrs/week on my feet) yesterday. I have to say two day have kicked my butt so far, but I'm hanging in there.

End of January I was diagnosed with bilateral PE (star studded sky the A&E doc calls me, though I just remember the two walnuts in the middle of the CT picture), probable left leg DVT. I was off work for a month and was totally knackered when I went back full time. I also had a cold three weeks ago that totally knocked me off my socks again and I'm still working on the SOBness from that although I can now just about make it through the day (last week's holiday helped!). The extra sleep I get on anticoag clinic mornings really helps me through the week!

I was in the hospital for 7 days and had a massive bilateral PE and DVT, but was cleared to go back to work as soon as I wanted to. So, I went back to work full time two week's after getting out the hospital (I worked from home part time a week after getting out the hospital).

I was BEAT. I work in an office so it's not physically taxing, but it's definitely mentally taxing. I don't think I realized the toll the PE, the DVT and just being out of commission in the hosptial would take on me. The first two months were the most difficult, but it slowly got better.

im wondering if a job like mine is dangerous for reformin varicose veins im also thinking of returning to work ful time after 5 weeks out of hospital any advice

I was diagnosed with multiple bi lateral PE's on Dec 7. I spent 5 days in the hospital in the big city after being transferred from our local hosp. They still can't believe i had walked into the clinic.
I took 3 months before returning to some light work. I also didn't have a job to return too, which was kind of nice.
Everyone is different and takes a different amount of time to recover

Back to work 13 days after hospital admittance, and back on 24-hour pager immediately upon return to work. Maybe it was a blessing that there was no time to dwell on it.

I took off running with work and was *great* for 2 months.
The last 2 months I have had terrible fatigue.
My job is very demanding.

I am going to talk to my doctor.
Maybe I did too much too soon, or maybe I have something else going on.

Thanks for all of your replies.

Ok Cute, I'm back to full time and have been since February about 2 weeks after my last episode. Most days I feel fine but then some nights I am so totally exhausted that I wonder what the heck I'm doing. Tonight is one of them nights.Most of the time it's a good exhaustion if you know what i mean, At least I feel useful again, and of course I love both of my jobs, I think that makes the difference, you have to love what you do. Speaking of exhausting I think I'm heading off to bed.
Love to all
Ferr