PE Dvt. For 7 yrs

I'm so sorry to hear that you're in hospital with repeat emboli. This must be so frustrating for you at your age. Have they put you back on the enoxaparin injections? I send you my best wishes for a quick recovery and the strength to endure your health ordeal.  Have a peaceful day. X

My resting heart rate reached 140 bpm about three weeks ago (if I remember correctly) I was breathing with assisted oxygen. I was concerned at the time because I have narrowed nasal passages and so breath with nose and mouth to compensate. My breathing method may not have absorbed the regulated oxygen feed to my nostrils. I can not recall if my breathing inputs were assessed.

I recall after check up about a week ago, my resting pulse rate is in region of 100 bpm.

For some reason I am experiencing a loss sense of time. I think it is a selective sense of memory due to elevated adrenaline levels and basic survival process.

I have or had DVT in my leg and it did not swell or balloon. I recollect in best order. I was aware of a cramp feeling during march/may 2014 (approx 4-6 weeks) and thought nothing of it. Then one day I had a toothache, and so had it removed at the dentist. The next day, I felt tired walking for 20 minutes. I came home and had what I thought was a panic attack. I tried to remain calm and reach for a plastic bag, to re breath into. The fast breathing passed. I made a visit with my GP and was initially assesd as having a reoccurance of asthma. The day after, walking became weak and low energy, I struggle to walk up stairs without being out of breath. I knew something was not right. I went back to my GP and found out my blood oxygen levels were lower than expected. The correct recommendation was made to me and I want to the Medical Assessment Unit. After an xray and ultrasound scan behind my right knee I was wheel chaired back to the MAU. A little scary at the time as I was responding to the technicians and receptionists facial expressions and body language.

I was given a heparin injection and in the stomach (stings but its fine) and  rivaroxaban and allowed to go home. The next morning I woke up and could not breathe properly. Extremely light  breaths (imagine slow egg cup breathes), the thought through my mind were to not breath as it was less painful. I was nearly inanimate. My wife tried to give me some water in a cup with a straw. I could not drink as the water nearly chocked me. Time to call the ambulance. 999. When the paramedics came, I think the did an ECG test and found nothing to be concerned about my heart. I turned over and on my hands and knees found it easier to breath. I sat up and was was fine. I got dressed and went to the hospital in the ambulance. The gave me some more tests, co-coldamol and I was fine to go home. Three/four days...i was feeling a lot better...

wayne121,

during the 7 years of your condition, have you made the following observations?

could Dvt and or PE cause Bradycardia and vice versa

someone like me, would like to read/listen to your story in the open

seven years is a long time m8, open a channel and communicate fella