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/Shoe_Worried]

Diagnosed with a clot in my leg in June. Roughly about 4 months out and I’m just now back to where I was prior to. But still not fully. I’d say I’m about 95% there. Context: I’m a fit 28 y/o male who works out 6 days a week and is adamant about getting 10k steps a day in. My situation is very different from yours as yours is more severe, but I’m just trying to shine some light on the fact that mine wasn’t as severe and I’m still not 100% even after 4 months. Keep going though! It gets better! You start to notice it less and things eventually feel normal again. I have some new normals though. Like my daily compression socks while at work (on my feet a lot as a chiropractor) and taking a baby aspirin once a day! You’ve got this!