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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Treebore" data-source="post: 2037626" data-attributes="member: 10177">My stroke on April 19th of 1999 was actually a pulmonary embolism. Several clots in my legs broke free because I thought I was having some kind of leg cramps, so I messaged them loose. They travelled up to my heart, and thru them, thank God, and lodged in my upper left lung. Any idea what it is like to suddenly start fighting to breathe for no apparent reason?Anyway, they put me on blood thinners for a year and here I am five years later, doing fine. My doctor told me those clots could have blocked one of my heart valves, either the bicuspid or tricuspid, I don't remember which is on the "into the heart" side, and I would have died that day. Or it could have gone up to my brain if it had been in other blood vessels, and probably died that day, or worse, severe brain damage. She also told me I was lucky that the clots lodged where they did in my left lung.So Mythus, You watching ER this week to see how horrifying it could have been? I believe it is on tonight (Wed).</blockquote>