Karate and Clots: How Grace overcame blood clots (DVT)

Back in October 2024, Grace had been experiencing severe hip pain for just over a week. Since she trained in karate four times a week, she assumed it was just a training-related issue. She noticed the pain was a problem when it disrupted her sleep and caused her left thigh to lose sensation while running. […]

Listen to Your Body: Evelyn’s Journey with Blood Clots

My first experience of blood clotting occurred in 2016 following an overnight coach journey from Glasgow to London. As it was a budget coach company, there were no rest stops on the journey and was fully booked with very little leg room. When I got off the coach, I found myself short of breath and […]

Graeme, aged 33, “DO NOT ignore your body’s warning signs.”

My name is Graeme, and I am 33 years old. I would like to share my personal experience of blood clots as I hope this information will give you a better idea of what the symptoms to are, of this potentially life threatening condition. In July 2024 I went to bed as I had lower […]

David Mackinnon – My blood clots story

My story is a long one, starting in 2000 and is still ongoing. It is also a complex one in that I’ve had a rare type of deep vein thrombosis, technically it’s called an occluded inferior vena cava. Practically this means I had a blockage the size of a small golfball in the main vein […]

Ellie Bradford

My Journey with Thrombosis: VTE @ 16 and recurrent DVT at 24. My experience has been both challenging and enlightening, and I believe it could help others feel less isolated in their own struggles. I celebrated my 24th birthday in early March, but later that same month, I was diagnosed with my second deep vein […]

Ben was 22 yrs old when his VTE journey began

In July 2016 I had a long weekend travelling around Scotland with my camera and by all accounts I had a great time. I got back to work on the Tuesday and life continued as normal. A couple of weeks later I started to experience some pain in my lower back and over the next […]

David was 40 and had no recognisable signs or symptoms to make him think he had a DVT or PE.

The people who were really saved that day, was my family. All thanks to the Medical Team in Critical Care ward 6 in the New KOC Hospital in Ahmadi, Kuwait. It’s still strange looking back. I’ve never smoked, no family history, genetics are negative, protein and minerals were all good. Walking around 5-13km a day […]