This Was a Wakeup Call: Emily’s Story
…weight lifter. My life revolved around fitness. I assumed since I was in such good physical condition that something like this would ever happen to me. After the five days,…
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Blood Clots Are Not Supposed to Happen Again: Jill’s Story
…travel or high-risk events. I also teach fitness classes and weight train. I eat healthy. I am very active. This was not supposed to happen again. I was clot free…
39, No Risk Factors, and Four Pulmonary Embolisms: Kimberly’s Story
…fail you. There was no injury, no long flight, and no history of blood clots. It was “unprovoked” — the medical term for a nightmare that comes out of nowhere….
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…long flight, take regular walks down the aisles …
The Doctor Said a DVT Was Highly Unlikely: Kelly’s Story
…years but never had any issues with it. Three months before this happened, I had done an eight-hour flight. Neither can be clearly linked to my DVT. I am so…
Four DVTs Over the Years: Alejandra’s Story
…my stay as well. I had the same symptoms in my left calf, but this time, it felt hard like a rock. The fourth episode was after a long flight…
I Experienced DVTs on Three Occasions: Joanna’s Story
…was off anticoagulants until my second DVT (also left leg, below knee) seven years later in 2002 after a flight to Europe. I spent a week in the hospital in…
I Broke Up With My Doctor: Ana’s Story
In 2021, I was experiencing shortness of breath, blue lips, constant fatigue, and brain fog. I could barely walk up one flight of stairs to my apartment and would collapse…
The Day that Changed My Life: Kimberly’s Story
…was even confused as to why it happened. I wasn’t on birth control, I didn’t undergo any recent surgeries, and although I had taken a flight from Buffalo, NY, to…