PE/DVT Recovery
Hi all- just hoping to get some insight and maybe hear from people who have dealt with similar. I am one month post-diagnosis of provoked acute DVT and PE. The PE recovery has been the hardest for me. I struggled with shortness of breath and pressure in my chest that has begun to dwindle over the past month and get easier. The healing hasn't been linear, but I began to see myself having good days with tougher moments.
Miraculously, last week I rarely felt symptoms at all, and started to feel normal every day- I was starting to forget these issues persisted in me and feel hopeful.
Last night, I started to feel shortness of breath all over again, and I am feeling it again today with pressure in my chest and an increase in heart rate. This comes after 7 or so "good" days in a row.
I absolutely know the healing isn't linear, but to go from a whole good week to now experiencing this again, I am, of course, now worried again. It by no means feels any worse than it did at its peak, but I am still just concerned that this feeling can come on after feeling like I was getting back to normal and I wanted to slowly begin working out again.
So I ask, do you find yourselves having a full, good week or two in recovery and still reverting back to old, scary symptoms some days? When do I need to be concerned?