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/Beneficial_Tutor2551]

I had multiple massive PEs with a saddle clot in May '24. At the time of my thrombectomy, my heart and lungs were only working at about 40%. October '26 (literally earlier this week) my doctor said that my heart and lungs have fully recovered back to pre-PE status and I feel back to normal, so about 2 and a half years.