Scared....

[Piggy2]

Sitting in hospital with suspected blood clot, had spray under my tongue, aspirin and chest x-ray. Waiting on bloods to get taken to check the levels. I don't do things by half I've had a sore leg for 4-6 weeks and now it's my chest that's sore the pains shifted

[Mollie191]

Hi

My advise is sent with love. But try to stay calm, trust that you are in the best possible hands. Be patient as our beautiful NHS is a very busy place and is very stretched but these people are marvellous.

My husband was taken to hospital with a suspected heart attack only 4 months ago which ended in a quad bypass. He is only 43 - it’s been horrific but the NHS saved his life.

As you move through your journey you will find strength you never knew you had.

Embrace the difficult days & lean on the ones you love when you need too.

It’s a different path but you can make it your own again.

Sending healing thoughts xx

[Piggy2 in reply to Mollie191]

Thankyou mollie191, I've had chest x-ray, asprin, angina spray and bloods taken so far. The beds are all taken I've been in the corridor and now put back in the waiting room where I'm on my own not knowing my results. Looks like a long night

[Mollie191 in reply to Piggy2]

Message friends to get you through the night, it will be a long one but if it gets you answers then it’s where you need to be right now.

It’s a small moment in time & you will be home soon.

Be brave x

[MichaelJH Heart Star]

Interesting you say your leg has been sore. In what way? A former colleague has a sore leg but did not have it checked. It turned out to be a large clot. One day part of it broke away and moved to his lung (pulmonary embolism). This was treated by anticoagulants (to stop new clots forming) and thrombolytics (to dissolve the clot). Afterwards it was Warfarin for life. You are in the best place. The issue for bed space always concerns me as it seems to create pressure for discharge and create jobs (bed managers).

Hope the night is not too long! Good luck!

[Heythrop51]

Worrying! Hope they found you a bed and you are having a decent cuppa!

[Prada47]

Hi

Not much help but I would work on the basis if I wasn't rushed to a bed, it is under control !! Sorry can't help further only wishing you well.

[cowparsley]

Don`t be scared Piggy2,you`re in the right place and if it is a blood clot you will be treated immediately and successfully.Same thing happened to me and yes I was alone in the waiting room half the night but as Michael said you`ll be treated with fast acting coagulants that will do the trick.Hopefully you have had results and treatment by now.Let us know how you get on.I was pretty scared at the time,who wouldn`t be so good luck.x

[stillaboveground]

I hope you get some answers soon, you are in the right place now, keep on this forum they are great people on here. God bless you, take care.

[mikealford]

It will be okay, they will clear any clot and give stents if needed and be home in a day or so, just like a trip to the dentist. Then you'll look back and realise it was nothing to worry about.

Anxiety is the worry, but will it help?

[Bingo88]

Morning Piggy2. Hope all is clearer this morning. I had a blood clot in my shoulder. Following having a Pacemaker. All was well. 2 weeks of injections in the tummy. Then 3 months of anti blood clotting pills. Let us know how you are. Wishing you well. Xx Brian

[Piggy2]

Hi everyone, I'm still in the hospital. I've had a nightmare of a night, I know the NHS are pushed but seriously I'm in a secure ward doors locked due to folk that are a risk to themselves or drug abuse. The nurses took some mouthfuls from one guy you could ever have imagined. I've only a curtain desperate me all night from the back of 2 this morning. I've only had the CT scan an hour back so still sitting waiting for results. No sleep, knowing it's a clot sitting alone it's eating me up. Again thanks to you all

[MichaelJH Heart Star in reply to Piggy2]

Hi... When I went through A&E over three weeks ago I initially got a bed in an open assessment ward. Some strange characters there. Around tea time I was moved to a surgical ward and finally felt things were moving forward. Hope you are in that position soon. 😊

[Healthyheart1]

Hi Piggy2, sounds like you have been through the mill. Keep on this site everyone is wishing you well. Love and hugs. Sheena x

[Piggy2 in reply to Healthyheart1]

Thankyou x

[Joliv61]

Don’t be scared, easy to say that as I was scared s......s when I had my heart attack in November. Mild chest pains for me not what you see on telly with people clutching their chests in agony. Anyway I’ve had 3 stents fitted and am just finishing the phase 3 rehab classes and will go on to the next phase.

When I was taken down to have the stents fitted one of the nurses reassured me saying for them it’s almost a routine procedure even though for me it was the end of the world...it wasn’t.

The whole thing took about an hour and I was home the same day.

Look upon it as a new start, you’ve had a warning but hopefully got through it. Take it easy afterwards as things will need to settle down and you need to recover.

But reading the stories in here, people back in triathlons etc is reassuring. I hope to get back in boats later this year.

The cardiac teams are marvellous and this forum is just as supportive.

👍👍👍👍 John.

[MargieD]

Good luck, at least you're in the best place xxx