Thank you James for sharing a summary of your account and photos sporting the Thrombosis UK T-shirt!
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Archive of: 2020
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.
A rider who spent three weeks in hospital with severe blood clots has warned others to be aware of the life-threatening condition.
Becky Read suffered deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism some six weeks ago and was lucky she did not lose her leg — or her life.
My name is Benita Percival, I am 26 years old and I am a scientist at DeMontfort University, Leicester. After submitting my PhD thesis, I was ready to undertake my viva voce on the 18th March 2020. I am a netball player and play with two awesome teams, Blaby Netball Club and Turner’s Tornadoes. Never for a second, did I think for I would have any medical problems having been active and healthy all my life.
I've worked in administration all my working career, from emergency services to local authority, to local press and more recently in the NHS.
My story starts in March 2020 when I underwent a medical termination in hospital. The termination went wrong and I ended up needing medical intervention and two blood transfusions.
I was 16 at the time so just starting my GCSE’s. One Morning I woke up for school, and my left leg felt very strange and sore, so I got out of bed and tried to put weight on it which made me feel even worse. I tried to carry on as normal thinking that I may have twisted or sprained it in the night.
An East Lancashire sportswoman is urging people to look out for the symptoms of Deep Vein Thrombosis after suffering a life-changing episode of the condition.
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 for the two weeks before. It was unprovoked and no signs or symptoms to make me think.
In the end, I was able to see my oldest Daughters graduation.