[livingwith]

Hi, im 22 years of age, i exercise every day, eat a healthy balanced diet and i was diagnosed with multiple pulmonary embolisms a month ago.
I thought i just had a chest infection or something, but the coughing up of blood was a symptom not to be ingnored.
I have no risk factors, other than being on the lowest dose of estrogen (contraceptive pill)
Im not sure where to go from here, as the doctors have said it is likely for me to get them again, and it can be fatal.
But i just wanted to share wi...Read the full article

[parma02]

Have you seen a hematologist? I had my first clot in 1993....in both my legs. At that time they just said it was due to birth control pills. They finally figured out in 1998...(the birth of my second child) ...that I had (have) Factor V Leiden. Well after 16 years of being clot free...I just had my first PE a couple weeks ago. Talk about scary! I will probably be on coumadin life long. For sure 6 months. I just wonder how long it takes for the clot in my lung to go away. Still short of breath at times....and chest pain. (very frustrating)