Well it is late, been boozing some. Like Birdie?
Thanks for you answer.
I will reply tomorrow in full detail. This is an issue of extreme importance to me.
Have had three pulmonary embolisms, maybe more on a minor basis. Of the three one major major. The other two major. I should by all rites be dead. But I am alive as we can attest.
When I had my first one I did not know what it really meant, when told of the diagnosis. Why? I am not uninformed. So, this is an issue close to heart, we should be better informed. We can be better informed what with all the tools available today. A lot of Dr's imo are not fully informed, I forgive them, and will explain. They have a lot on their plate, and our brains are limited w/r to retention. And as a result of less than good immediate diagnosis, death as opposed to survival can easily occur. The treatment is very time dependent and it is crucial that the treatment be initiated immediately.
I was lucky the first time around. Very lucky. The next two times I more or less told the Dr's what to do. They did not do as I directed, not w/o some tests. I understood. Then post the tests they readily agreed. The tests do not take long.
As I recall per statistics about 20 % of pulmonary embolisms result in death. I know of some deaths, on a semi personal basis. Deaths that could have been prevented, if immediate diagnosis would have been done.
Done quite a bit of reading, for obvious reasons.
This issue is something I think the general public could be better informed about, based on very personal experience.
More and more folk spend time sitting today, than ever before. Like typing into our computers, blogs, whatever. This is not helpful w/r to pulmonary embolisms. Not at all.
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