Much loved son of Lesley and Stanley, beloved stepson of James and Claire and an amazing big brother to Robin and Zoe.
Born on 30th August 1995 in Islington, London.
In September 2019 I became unwell with what I thought was a virus, it
knocked me for six. I couldn't walk up the stairs and had a headache
that I can only describe as ‘the worst headache ever.’
Heather was diagnosed with overproduction of Factor VIII in 2001 (my levels are three half times higher than normal), aged 41.
He found how important knowledge and understanding is in helping to manage the impact.
I remember sitting in Truro hospital, roughly 200 miles away from my family, and there was a poster on the wall. It seems an odd thing to recall but when I was sitting alone in some waiting room, I was trying to find any way to distract myself.
In 2015 Fern gave birth by c-section, in what she was led to believe to be a ‘textbook delivery and recovery’, so when she developed pain she presumed it was just a pulled muscle.
Megan's thrombosis journey began shortly after starting chemotherapy treatment for a rare tumor on her hand.
Thank you James for sharing a summary of your account and photos sporting the Thrombosis UK T-shirt!
My PE was confirmed on 1 May 2018, by which point I was experiencing severe shortness in breath and pain in my chest and upper back. As a result I was struggling to walk more than a few steps at a time.
I was studying at my secondary school in my final year getting ready to do my G.C.S.Es. In the October of 2017. I began to get more and more breathless, I was slowly getting worse, visiting doctors every few weeks to try and get an answer.