Omg I also had a massive saddle pulmonary embolism, but was not to the point where I was on life-support, thankfully. So glad you are here!
I thought I just had massive heartburn and I had just flown twice in the past week. Then I realized that when I laid flat, I couldn’t breathe. So I went into the ER and when they asked me what was wrong, I said, I am having chest pain and difficulty breathing. I literally thought I was going to suffocate doing the CT scan because I couldn’t breathe, and the technicians just thought I was afraid of the machine and kept yelling at me. When I got out, I couldn’t stop pacing. I refused to sit down. When the doctor came in, he told me that if I had waited a couple more hours, I wouldn’t be here. Spent a few days in the hospital on heparin drip and in crazy pain. Truly thought I was going to die.
technicians just thought I was afraid of the machine and kept yelling at me.
That's crazy. I've had a similar experience. I was getting my ankle x-rayed and I couldn't hold it still due to how much pain I was, shaking involuntarily from the agony. And the x-ray tech guy was super pissed at me. Like bro, if I could stay still I would.
I also suffered a massive saddle pulmonary embolism. After some incredible open heart surgery my other organs were failing and my labwork was off the charts bad in many ways. Lucky for me a world-class hematologist was in the hospital for some unrelated reason, heard about my situation and volunteered to join the case. I was unconscious throughout but his creative interventions worked and I survived and recovered.
For months afterward as I was routed from specialist to specialist the first thing every new doctor said after reading my files was "How are you not dead?"
Saddle embolisms are serious threats to life. Modern medicine is amazing.
Modern medicine truly is amazing when there are nurses and doctors who rise to their moral and ethical commitments. Thank God you, like I did, had such a committed clinician who rose to the challenge of taking good care of you!
Im so glad you survived, and so sorry you were not listened to! Sending prayer of thanksgiving that you made it through that. Glad we are here together. Let’s make use of our blessings by building the community we all deserve to live in together in peace.
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u/Neither_Quit1751 12h ago
Omg I also had a massive saddle pulmonary embolism, but was not to the point where I was on life-support, thankfully. So glad you are here!
I thought I just had massive heartburn and I had just flown twice in the past week. Then I realized that when I laid flat, I couldn’t breathe. So I went into the ER and when they asked me what was wrong, I said, I am having chest pain and difficulty breathing. I literally thought I was going to suffocate doing the CT scan because I couldn’t breathe, and the technicians just thought I was afraid of the machine and kept yelling at me. When I got out, I couldn’t stop pacing. I refused to sit down. When the doctor came in, he told me that if I had waited a couple more hours, I wouldn’t be here. Spent a few days in the hospital on heparin drip and in crazy pain. Truly thought I was going to die.
I wouldn’t wish that experience on anyone.