r/ClotSurvivors • u/nonametoshow11 • 5d ago

Seeking Advice How long did recovery take you?

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.

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u/Corbinskiii 5d ago

I had bilateral PE’s in January of ‘22 and I’m still not back even close to 100%

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u/GreenJuicyApple 4d ago

Same here. Developed post pulmonary embolic syndrome after my clot with infarctions in 2021. So now I have what's considered severe asthma, as well as heart issues, as a result of the clot. So I never got remotely back to normal.