Samantha’s death was avoidable and her mother, Jane, wants to tell Samantha’s story to make women aware of the risk of thrombosis during and after pregnancy.
Share & Tell
Knowing that you are not alone, can make such a difference. Understanding what others have experienced and things that have helped – or challenged, along the way.
If you would like to offer your support by recording and sharing your account you will be helping many, many other.
Simply write your account in an email or on a word document and email this to jo@thrombosisuk.org ideally sharing with one or more photos.
Rachel has kindly shared her personal account of a pulmonary embolism to help reassure other young people who have experienced blood clots, and emphasise the importance of preventative exercises and early diagnosis.
I went back to work in April 2020 on a phase return and slowly built my hours and job tasks up again. I had to have adaptions to my work space, screen, work hours and had to deal with a change in how I worked.
My name is Amber, I’m 26 years old and from Preston, Lancashire.
My name is Abigail, and I am 22 years old. Two years ago, in March 2020, I was diagnosed with a Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis (CVST).
When I was pregnant in 2019 with my 2nd baby, I remember briefly being asked the VTE risk questions however I do not remember being explained just how large a risk being pregnant was to developing a clot. I had a higher risk pregnancy with a high BMI and gestational diabetes so I was quite overwhelmed with information at most midwife appointments
My name is Sophie Beck, I am twenty-four years old. I was diagnosed with a DVT in September 2020, I was twenty-three at the time and unfortunately since then I have developed post thrombotic syndrome.
My name is Steph, I am thirty-one years old, married and a mum of two boys. I want to share my story on how I almost lost my life to blood clots triggered by the combined oral contraceptive pill.
Our thoughts and love are with Dawn’s family on the sad news of Dawn’s death.
After diagnosis of a cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) Dawn made contact with Thrombosis UK.
In Dec 2017 I was hit by a car, mainly soft tissue damaged, but a few weeks later I was experiencing pain in the back of my right leg just below the knee, this is where I had caught it on a wall or branch part of the bush I was pushed into by the car.