I currently have deep vein thrombosis and
am taking coumadin(warfarin) blood
thinner. My inr is in the theraputic
range at 7mg. I'm not sure what "pe" is
however.
-steve
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shaz66
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 12 Feb 2006 Posts: 4 Location: london
Re: D.v.t And P.e Posted: 02-12-06 20:08pm
Hi,
i had my first p.E (pulmonary embolism )
in 1989, a week after I had a caesarian.
It had logged in my lung, so had to be
surgical removed. Nearly died a few
times. I didn't get any warning.
I got pregnant again 3 months after.
When I was 5 months had a dvt, so was put
on heparin injections. The hospital kept
me in for the rest of the pregnancy. Had
another caesarean so was put on warfarin
for year.
Had another dvt in 92 while pregnant
again. After that baby was born another
caesarean warfarin again for 6 weeks.
Everything was going fine.
Had another baby without any problems.Back
on warfarin for 6 weeks.
Than in 1999 had another p.E, which went
to my lung. This time they've decided
i've got to go on it for a life. In the
last 6 years I have had 2 more pe and
another dvt.
My inr should be about 3.0, but they can
never get my blood right. It goes up and
down like a yoyo.
A couple of years ago they decided to find
out why the blood keeps clotting. It's
genetic.
So my daughters will have to be tested
when they get older.
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backhome22
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 18 Nov 2005 Posts: 195 Location: MN
Posted: 02-12-06 21:53pm
What were your symptoms of the dvts and
pulmonary embolisms?
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shaz66
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 12 Feb 2006 Posts: 4 Location: london
D.v.t And P.e Posted: 02-16-06 12:29pm
Hi,
when I had my first p.E, I don't think I
had any symptoms.But because I had,just
had a caesarean a week before. The pains
I had felt in my back and legs could have
been the start of it.As I remember I was
sick on saturday and very tired.I just put
it down on the operation and going
home.The baby had only lived for 5 half
hours. Sunday I was ok, still off my
food. On monday I remember asking my
husband to help me off the bed as my legs
felt stiff. Than I collapsed. That's it
until I woke up in intensive care the next
day.
My dvt usually starts with my legs feeling
very heavy, they feel quite hot, but not
always go red, they start to swell. I
think it feels a lot like cramp pains. It
can be quite painful to touch. I have
been known not to have any of the them
symptoms, but just pain in my groin.
My p e symptoms are very much like the
pains you have when you have pneumonia or
a bad chest infection.As i've been rushed
to hospital thinking I have p.E for it to
turn out to be pneumonia or going in
thinking it's another chest infection ,
when it turns out to be another p.E, but
they can't be careful so I need to have
the xrays done as soon as possible. I
find it very hard to breath and my
breathing gets very fast, also my pulse
rate goes up. Also I feel quite dizzy.
But I know lots of people have different
symptoms.
