![Lia’s account of a medical procedure that lead to the her developing serious blood clots and a diagnosis of Factor 5 Leiden](/admin/resources/page-content-story-lia-1-w720h420.jpg)
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. Fast forward a week later and I’ve got terrible back pain, and pelvic pain. I completely ignored this as I thought nothing of it and didn’t think at all it could be symptoms of a DVT. Two days passed and the pain was so excruciating in my leg and groin that I couldn’t walk, it wasn’t until then that I checked my leg to notice it was bright red and completely swollen.