In January 2008, I was 22 years old, studying my PGCE with the hope of becoming a primary school teacher, & planning a wedding for the following year.
“You’re too young for a blood clot” – I have learnt that nobody it TOO young, and pulmonary embolisms can happen to anyone.. any age, race, gender, and with all levels of health and physical fitness.
I am a 34 year old mother of two children, aged 5 and 1. In June 2020 I became unwell - experiencing a very sudden and severe headache, pressure in my head, dizziness, tremors, vomiting and blurred vision. I thought it must be a migraine
Hi my name is Alicia, I am 36yrs old and have 2 beautiful sons, a loving husband and a wonderful supportive family and set of friends. On the 13th August 2016 we all experienced something that we never thought would happen to us. After giving birth to my second son by caesarean I had a pulmonary embolism, that would see me almost lose my life.
On the 11th December 2020 (the day before my 23rd birthday) after a few days in and out of hospital for tests I was told I had a pulmonary embolism (PE) and several blood clots all over my lungs. It had been a strange and stressful year for everyone and the thought of having a health problem while the NHS dealt with a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic left me filled with dread.
It was a lovely sunny day on Thursday 25th June 2020 when I started to have a problem with my leg, I had taken the day off work to take advantage of the nice weather.
My thrombosis story began in 1986 when I was just 26 years old. Waking up one morning I felt severe pain in my back, like I would imagine it would feel to be stabbed in the lungs.
It started off as a DVT in my leg and then moved into my lungs. I was hospitalised for 5 days, the doctors initially thought that I may have also had coronavirus as well.......