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September 30, 2006 @ 9:48 am

[...] Since my wife recently had a Pulmonary Embolism we have to watch what foods she eats. Vitamin K is one thing she doesn’t want to get to much of as it will interact with her coumadin medication. We know to say away from green vegetables, but there are a lot of other foods high in vitamin K too. [...]

Comment by Grandma aka Bonnie

March 5, 2007 @ 3:13 pm

Hi Christi,

I realize your blog regarding pulmonary embolism was several months ago, however, I found it while searching for blogs or websites regarding pulmonary embolism on DVT information or experience. The reason why is that I’ve had about four in the last 3 years, almost dying with 2 of them. I now have a “Greenfield Filter” placed in my inferior vena cava to catch blood clots so they don’t make it to my heart. I have lupus and the doctors say people with lupus or prone to develop blood clots. In addition, I have family history of blood clots with my 65 yr old grandma passing away after hip surgery plus my dad getting a PE after heart surgery.

I mainly wanted to know if you knew that March is “DVT Awareness Month”? I blogged about it yesterday and plan to add my personal history of PE there today. Grandpa and I are newbies to blogging. Would you like to stop by and read my PE information and add a comment to the blog? I would definitely appreciate your input. You can find our blog at Grandparents Cyber Corner. Thank you for sharing your lovely blog Christi

Comment by linda

March 6, 2007 @ 10:49 pm

Hi, My husband was just diagnosed with PE yesterday. I was serching for information on the web. I really dont know much about it, I would appriciate any help or information. He is on lovenox and warfarin. I wanted to know when his chest pains stop and what I should look out for.

Comment by Christi

March 7, 2007 @ 7:09 pm

Linda~

I can tell you after going thru the same thing its not fun. I’m almost done with my stint on Warfarin (Coumadin). I also was on Lovenox when I first got out of the hospital. For me it took probably at least 2-3 weeks for the pain to diminish enough for me to walk normally again. My doctor told me that it is different with every person that some will absorb the clots completely and some will still have clots for the rest of their lives. I still to this day have some pain in my chest when I breathe really deep (sneezing and yawning for example). When the weather changes especially when it gets really cold I definitely feel the clots. I wouldn’t worry unless the pain changes for the worse. I’m not a doctor though and so if you are concerned I would talk to them. Thats what I ended up doing in a lot of cases.

I’m assuming he’s getting blood testing done pretty regularly. Don’t be worried if they don’t get it regulated right away I went from very thin 4.5 to thick 1.5 (after they had gotten me stabilized in the hospital). It takes time to regulate and sometimes when you think you have it you will eat something different and then screw it all up. Everything affect that score from exercise to food to whatever. Mine took 3 months to figure out the right dosage. My mom who had a leg clot never got exactly right for an extended time.

If your concerned about what to have him eat there are websites out there with information on that and I also bought the Coumadin Cookbook which you can find on Amazon. Feel free to let me know it you have any questions as I have been thru this all before…. My last day of Warfarin is March 15th thank goodness!!!

Comment by Brandy

October 6, 2008 @ 3:08 pm

Hi, I am a 30 year old female, generally pretty healthy but I think I have had 3 PE’s. I was at the ER again for the 3rd time Saturday in the last 8-9 months. The doctors keep telling me it’s pluerisy I think they are wrong. I’ve been researching and researching and have come to the conclusion that it is pulmonary embolisms. They are not listening to me and the test that they did I don’t think have anything to even do with checking for PE. These are the symtoms each time I will have tightness in the chest with a restricted feeling like a can’t breathe my heart rate is up there is a God awful pain in my chest that moves through my neck and it aches with every heart beat. I can’t breathe in deep or bend over or hardly even move. I would describe the pain is that of a heart attack. The other thing I find weird is that I got it in Jan. or Feb of this year and have gotten it again like clockwork every 3-4 months since. I still can’t breathe in deep without it hurting. I was just wondering what some of your all symtoms are and were with PE. I don’t want to have this eventually kill me if I am not properly diagnosed. Thanks for your help!

Brandy

Comment by Gma aka Bonnie

November 8, 2008 @ 1:25 pm

Brandy,

If you had PE, you would have probably been gone by now. I almost died with two of mine before they caught it. It has to be diagnosed quickly as it moves through a persons body to their heart and kills them. Thats how my grandmother died.

I can’t tell you that you don’t have a PE, but it is best you go in to the ER, possibly a different one IF you are still ill this weekend. But check the symptoms of pleurisy, it can make you feel really bad as well. If you are feeling better though, maybe you should go to see your family doctor on Monday and let him/her run a series of tests on you. With PE’s, it takes special tests to find them. I am NOT a doctor though so these are ONLY my own opinions. You have to go on how YOU feel only. Not how anyone else feels or thinks.

I blogged on this topic on March 4, 2007 if you view this link .

I hope you find out very soon what is wrong Brandy. You really need to go to a doctor’s office who will get to the bottom of the problem. Let us know what you find out.

Take good care.