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Pulmonary Embolism

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andrea90887
andrea90887

hi all, please help!

I have been diagnosed with clots to the lung, right heart strain. Apparently the clots are small however i feel so symptomatic (chest pain, breathlessness, heart rate high)...

I have been on thinners for 2 weeks now but i feel worse.

  1. is this normal to feel worse!?
  2. is the fatigue normal?
  3. when should i start feeling better (assuming clots have been here for 5 weeks now)
  4. now ontop of this stress ive had two CTPA scans so im in massive panic attack mode about radiation which is sending me insane it feels with stress.
  5. please help nobody understands this aroind me.

thanks! ****

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