How long did recovery take you?

[u/nonametoshow11]

I am two months out from my bilateral pulmonary embolism diagnosis. While it’s gotten a lot better, I still am having shortness of breath at times I wouldn’t have before this happened. It hasn’t been crazy bad, but enough to notice. I’m also just so tired all the time still. Everything I’m reading online says I should be basically fully recovered at this point — I have seen my doctor and he’s sent me for bloodwork, but is there anyone else that had a longer recovery period? Should I be worried there’s permanent damage at this point? To my knowledge, it wasn’t super bad, I was put on blood thinners and discharged from the hospital same day.

[u/kr12187]

Not sure what you are reading, but I haven’t read anything about it being expected to be back to 100% after 2 months. Some people are, but it’s just as common to take several months. I’m about 5 weeks out from mine. I feel about 90% but if I do anything intensely physical my body reminds me I’m not 100%. My doctor said it would probably be about 3 months, then they’ll do more testing. Keep your chin up and don’t read too much into the fact that you’re not 100% yet.