My Children Will Have Education About Blood Clots: Katelyn’s Story
…positive for three blood clotting disorders, factor V Leiden (heterozygous), plasminogen deficiency, and prothombrin gene mutation (factor II). My other risk factors were estrogen-based birth control and a plane flight….
I Was Diagnosed With Unexplained Chest Pain: Kyndal’s Story
…have no answers for what this was. Almost a year of follow-up testing revealed the sole reason for this occurrence was due to estrogen-based birth control, and I was finally…
Please Be Mindful of Any Strange Pain You’re Having: Emily’s Story
…are in the calf. I understood and went on the birth control. Two months later, I woke up with severe pain in my abdomen and left leg. I was brought…
Be Informed About Your Clotting Risk: Abby’s Story
…(factor II). These had increased my odds of developing blood clots only slightly compared to the normal population. However, I was also on estrogen-containing birth control, which had increased my…
It Helps to Know You’re Not Alone: Jennifer’s Story
…of a DVT in my right calf. I had a filter placed and was put on blood thinners. In terms of risk factors, I was taking the birth control pill,…
I’m Relearning How to Trust Myself: Hillary’s Story
…the all-clear, but told I was not to go back on birth control or any estrogen-based pills. It’s been almost eight months since the incident and I still have this…
I Was Dismissed and Sent Home: Autumn’s Story
…DVT. I was sent to two different hospitals, then finally I had emergency surgery to save my life. My only risk factor was estrogen-based birth control. I never got to…
The Situation Was Far Worse Than We Realized: Molly’s Story
…clots were caused by the birth control I had been taking for the past six months. But the situation was far worse than we had realized. It wasn’t just one…
Continued Shortness of Breath Two Years After My PE: Shara’s Story
…have just formed because I had started birth control pills about six months earlier. Months later, after my grandmother was hospitalized multiple times for clots, they decided to test her…
Everything Can Change in the Blink of an Eye: Courtney’s Story
…Leiden homozygous. I was also taking birth control at the time. After this experience, I look at life so differently now. Everything can change in the blink of an eye….