Hi guys,
I've been out of the hospital for a month now, since I had the PE. I've been back to the ER a couple times because I get very anxious over any cramps or pains I feel in my chest. I'm doing physio now, 3 times a week, and I'm also walking, which I wasn't doing when I got the first PE.
I get these little cramps in my chest that come and go and I find I'm always thinking about my breathing, trying to breathe as deeply as possible to see if there is any new pain. My breathing doesn't increase the pain, but these little pains still do come and go through my chest. The pain from the PE was probably a 9.5 or a 10 out of 10, and these little pains are only a 2 or 3, but they still worry me. My INR is 2.6 right now, but is this enough to prevent a new clot?
I feel like I'm wasting the hospital's time now if I go to the ER for a 3rd time in a month, post-PE, just to find out after tests that I'm ok. I've had 2 CT scans of my chest and been x-rayed at least 10 times in the past month!