Knowing that you are not alone, can make such a difference. Understanding what others have experienced and things that have helped – or challenged, along the way.
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Simply write your account in an email or on a word document and email this to [email protected] ideally sharing with one or more photos.
In late September 2022, I woke up to a weird pain on my left side. I thought I’d pulled a muscle in my sleep but as the day went on the pain intensified. The next day was my first day of 2nd year (for context I’m a student nurse), I barely slept that night as I couldn’t lie flat from the pain and went to university extremely uncomfortable with every breath I took.
I was diagnosed at nine weeks pregnant in 2008. I'd had a flu type virus two weeks before and then spent a week hobbling around with what I thought was sciatica.
I presented at the hospital in August 2021 with severe breathlessness and a high heart rate which had got progressively worse over 3 days.
In around December 2021, I had just turned 21 I started getting abdominal pain and it was very painful, I also wasn’t able to keep any food or fluids down
It was October 2021 and I was 29 years old at the time, I contracted the Delta variant of Covid from my workplace after returning from holiday celebrating my daughter's 1st birthday.
My name is Ami, I am 23 years old and I previously suffered a DVT back in 2019 which resulted in being fitted with a stent in my left groin.
If you ever feel like your bodies telling you something, get it checked out
My story is a long one, starting in 2000 and is still ongoing. It is also a complex one in that I’ve had a rare type of deep vein thrombosis, technically it’s called an occluded inferior vena cava.
I had always lived in a big city, where GPs were overworked, appointments were rushed and symptoms were overlooked.
My name is Hannah and I'm 22 years old.
After having a DVT at the age of 18, I have developed a keen interest in research around VTE and how we can improve patient's experiences in their diagnosis and lifelong treatment. I'm also interested in the psychological, long term impact of VTE and how we can work together to make health professionals aware of this.