I woke up on the Tuesday with extreme pain in my right leg almost felt like I had done a massive work out and pulled every muscle in my leg! The pain was worse in my calf just constantly throbbing!
I had been experiencing increased breathlessness just doing things like going up stairs, doing work outs and walking up any incline, which was unusual for me but didn’t feel too alarmed by it, putting it down to things like lockdown and losing fitness.
On Monday 24th August 2020, I started to feel very breathless after my normal fitness class, very unusual but just put it down to my asthma. This carried on for the rest of the week. It really didn’t feel like my normal asthma as I had no wheeze.
Aged just 23, Julie had little awareness of blood clots, risk factors or that young people could be at risk.
After a delayed diagnosis John was admitted to hospital with large bilateral PE’s. His medical care on the ward was excellent, but John explains how the impact of blood clots and the ongoing exhaustion left him feeling alone and isolated.
However it took almost two years for the full cause to be confirmed - Subclavian Vein Thrombosis
Everyday his family remember him, and are sharing his story to help protect others.
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