He found how important knowledge and understanding is in helping to manage the impact.
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Archive of: August, 2020
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.