SERIOUSLY? Have you lost your freaking mind? I'm sorry I love you but I'm going to be harsh and blunt.
I didn't say anything when peeps were posting that it wasn't serious because they didn't find the clot. Why? Because I'm more worried since they didn't find the clot and I didn't want to scare you. I've never in my whole life of coming from a family with SEVERE cardiac issues ever, ever heard of a "false positive" from the test indicating a clot.
Clots can move around and be carried through your bloodstream, often with catastrophic results. It is entirely possible (and likely) that you do in fact have a clot which is "mobile" (as opposed to being in your leg etc.). What's the big deal if you can breathe? I'll tell you....in graphic detail.
My father's blod clot (in his leg) traveled up through his blood stream and into his head...it killed him....he died alone on the couch after going to bed because he "didn't feel right". Oh and then the funeral home had to embalm his head separately from his body (why? The blood clot cut off the "blood flow" to his head so the embalming fluid couldn't go there the "traditional way").
Know what? He KNEW he had probably had a clot, he knew the RISKS but he CHOSE to bury his head in the sand and pretend everything was okie dokie because he didn't want to go to the doctor. And it was, except for that whole dying thing. Know what else? He wasn't a little old man when a clot killed him. He was 18 years older than you are right now.
Get your **** on the phone and call them and reschedule the **** appointment. When they give you the all clear you can come back and tell us all I told you so.
What in the ****ing hell is wrong with you, Rebecca?
Do you know how **** dangerous an unfound/lost clot can be? How quickly you can die from a pulmonary embolism? Or maybe you'll be lucky, and instead of a PE you'll just have a stroke or MI?
Call back the ****ing doctor & keep on their backs to find the **** clot!
Time is of the essence...
...unless you don't mind if your boys grow up without their one and only mom. They could eventually learn to like/love a stepmom, but why should they have to?
To save you from googling:
Pulmonary embolism is a common and potentially lethal condition. Most patients who succumb to pulmonary embolism do so within the first few hours of the event. Despite diagnostic advances, delays in pulmonary embolism diagnosis are common and represent an important issue. As a cause of sudden death, massive pulmonary embolism is second only to sudden cardiac death.
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/300901-overview