This Experience Helped Me Find My Love For Medicine: Zoe’s Story
Three days after my 18th birthday, I experienced severe swelling in my left leg. I assumed I pulled a muscle as I went ice skating on my birthday, but that…
You’re Never Too Young to be Diagnosed with a Blood Clot: Maudi’s Story
…I needed to change my life and live healthily. I stopped birth control due to my age (38), and because it put me at high risk for future clots. I…
National Blood Clot Alliance
…fibrillation, cancer, traumatic injury, and risks related to …
Born with Prothrombin Mutation Gene: Tyson’s Story
…this gene when she gets older, and we plan to talk to her about her choices when it comes to estrogen-based birth control and starting her own family. This experience…
The Spark for Advocacy: Michele’s Story
…surgery. At the time, I was slightly overweight and on hormonal birth control pills. I also had a family history of blood clots and two different genetic clotting mutations, although…
If You Feel Like Something is Wrong, Please Advocate for Yourself: Nicole’s Story
…helped to cope. If you feel like something is wrong, please advocate for yourself. You know yourself better than anyone else. Resources CVST Patient Stories Birth Control Psychological Impact of…
First a Blood Clot, Then Cancer: Hope’s Story
…told to get off my birth control pills and begin to administer enoxaparin (Lovenox) shots twice a day to manage the clot. I left the ER devastated…This was not in…
What causes blood clots in children?
…child’s tendency to form blood clots. We call these …
It All Happened So Quickly: Charlotte’s Story
…my left leg. I was in shock. In terms of risk factors, I was on estrogen-based birth control, which is believed to have contributed to the clots. I was admitted…
Know Your Risk for Blood Clots: Arianna’s Story
…They called it saddle pulmonary emboli. (PE). They asked if I was on birth control pills, and I told them yes. I had to stop taking them immediately because they…