I RECENTLY WAS EXPERIENCING CHEST, RIB, NECK, SHOULDER AND BACK PAIN, THIS PAIN WAS A PAIN I NEVER HAD BEFORE.IT WAS AROUND 8:30 IN THE EVENING AND I WAS FEELING VERY EXHAUSTED, SO I DECIDED TO BED. UPON LAYING DOWN I FELT A SHARP STABBING PAIN IN MY CHEST ,RIB AREA, MY BREATHING BECAME VERY LABORED. I HAVE HAD CHEST PAIN'S BEFORE AND EVEN BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL FOR THEM HOWEVER THESE PAINS WERE QUITE DIFFERENT. THE PAIN LASTED A FEW MINUTES THEN IT SEEMED TO GO AWAY,  SO I PROCEEDED TO TRY TO GO TO SLEEP. I FINALLY FALL ASLEEP AND I WAS AWAKENED BY THIS EXCRUCIATING PAIN ONCE AGAIN ONLY THIS TIME IT SEEMED WORSE. I COULD NOT GET UP ON MY OWN MY HUSBAND AND MY DAUGHTER HAD TO HELP ME.  

THEY TOOK ME OUT TO THE KITCHEN TO GET MY JACKET AND SHOES TO TAKE ME TO THE HOSPITAL. THE TIME NOW IS 11:30 P.M. WE ARRIVED AT THE HOSPITAL AND I IMMEDIATELY WAS PLACED IN A WHEEL CHAIR, I WAS BREATHING VERY HARD AND I WAS HURTING TERRIBLY. THE NURSE TOOK ME BACK INTO THE EMERGENCY ROOM  AND THEY IMMEDIATELY TOOK BLOOD, TO CHECK TO SEE IF I MAY OF HAD A HEART ATTACK, THEY SENT ME TO X-RAY ON MY CHEST AND THEN STARTED I.V. AND THEN TOOK ME DOWN TO HAVE A CAT SCAN.

WHEN I WAS DONE WITH THE CAT SCAN, A SHORT TIME PASSED AND THE DOCTOR CAME IN AND TOLD ME THAT I HAD BLOOD CLOTS (MULTIPLE) IN MY LEFT LUNG AND THAT I COULD DIE. THEY IMMEDIATELY ADMITTED ME TO I.C.U. AND STARTED MY TREATMENT. THEY GAVE ME SHOTS IN MY STOMACH OF LOBENOX TO THIN MY BLOOD TO PREVENT ME GETTING ANY MORE CLOTS. THEY ALSO STARTED ME OM COMANDIN (ANOTHER BLOOD THINNER) IN PILL FORM. THEY PLACED A HEART MONITOR ON ME AND A MONITOR FOR OXENGEN. THEY GAVE ME SOME PAIN KILLERS AS WELL. I WAS VERY AFRAID, ALTHOUGH THESE CLOTS ARE IN MY LUNG A VERY SMALL AREA AND CANNOT GO ANYWHERE I AM STILL AT RISK OF DEATH. I WAS IN I.C.U. FOR 3 DAYS, THEN THEY MOVED ME TO A ROOM JUST OUTSIDE I.C.U.

I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR 5 DAYS RECEIVED  10 SHOTS IN MY STOMACH AND SEVERAL MEDICATIONS MY BLOOD FINALLY STARTED TO GET THINNER WHEN I LEFT THE HOSPITAL   MY BLOOD WAS AT A 2.2 WHICH THEY WANT IT BETWEEN 2, 3 . I NOW HAVE TO TAKE CUMANDIN  AND DO BLOOD CHECKS. AND HAVE TO REST FOR SEVERAL WEEKS WHICH THIS MEANS TIME LOST FROM WORK. I THANK GOD FOR KEEPING HIS HAND ON ME DURING THIS WHOLE NIGHTMARE AND FOR KEEPING ME IN HIS CARE AND I KNOW NO MATTER WHAT I FACE HE WILL BE THERE WITH ME HOLDING MY HAND AND WATCHING OVER ME. I WANTED TO SHARE THIS STORY WITH ALL OF YOU, IF YOU HAVE CHEST PAIN DO NOT TAKE IT LIGHTLY IT COULD BE VERY SERIOUS. GET  CHECKED DO NOT WAIT. I HOPE YOU LEARNED SOMETHING FROM THIS HUB, AND PLEASE KEEP IT AT THE FOREFRONT OF YOUE MEMORY BANK YOU NEVER KNOW IF YOU MAY ENCOUNTER A SITUTION LIKE THIS OR IT MAY BE YOU GET CHECKED. THANK YOU ALL FOR READING MY HUBS AND MAY GOD BLESS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.