“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.
A pulmonary embolism (PE) might be “provoked”, meaning there is a reason behind its formation and an explanation why, however on the rare occasion (like myself) they are “unprovoked” meaning no formation reason, this can be hard for anybody, as it was me, to digest.
It was the last weekend in February I had a hard time breathing deeply, with a painful stitch-like feeling in my chest, back and neck along the left hand side. The morning of the 1st March I visited my GP with my wonderful Mam in hope that a simple assessment and maybe medication would resolve the issue. However, that was not the case as at this point, I was experiencing severe shooting chest pains after every breath.