Panicking about a PE

[Nicole0814]

Hey guys. I was diagnosed with Covid two weeks ago and I am basically over my symptoms but I know there is a risk of blood clots with Covid and I’ve been scared since testing positive. Well, a girl that is 3 yrs older than me who is a friend of my friends, just passed away at the age of 43. She had Covid and took a nap but didn’t wake up they believe it was a pulmonary embolism. Now I am even more scared. Someone else it happened to a month after they had Covid. You are at risk up to six months. How can I stop freaking out and making myself sick. It’s so terrible what happened to her and many others. I’m just so scared. I can’t have a CT scan every day for six months! I don’t know how to deal. Any advice?!
Thank you for reading!

 

[Iugrad91]

If there was a significant risk of this, there would be many more cases happening since millions of people have had Covid. If there is a 50% greater chance of cardiac complications and your risk without having had Covid is 2%, you’re now up to a 3% risk, still very low.

 

[Nicole0814]

If there was a significant risk of this, there would be many more cases happening since millions of people have had Covid. If there is a 50% greater chance of cardiac complications and your risk without having had Covid is 2%, you’re now up to a 3% risk, still very low.

Blood clots are definitely a risk with Covid and I have heard several who have had them. In the beginning it was a big thing they were seeing. Still seeing them in Covid patients and it just freaks me out and just scaring me so bad especially since the girl just passed from one and had no idea she had it (she knew she had Covid)

If there was a significant risk of this, there would be many more cases happening since millions of people have had Covid. If there is a 50% greater chance of cardiac complications and your risk without having had Covid is 2%, you’re now up to a 3% risk, still very low.

I don’t want to google for my mental health but you can see that many people are having them one of the risks

 

[Iugrad91]

Of course the news is reporting these incidents, and I’m not saying Covid is anything to take lightly, but millions and millions have had it without complications. Yes, your risk may be somewhat higher, but like I said if your risk is low to begin with it is still low even after having Covid. You can worry which won’t prevent something from happening (but it can make your anxiety spike) or you can try to move on and accept that some things are unknown and try to live in the present moment, not in the past or future.

 

[Izthewiz]

Got to let the fear of death go.
If you're to look at your situation and how common we're in deaths path you would never leave the house let alone drive again.
There is a life after this, enjoy this one and stop focusing on death one day it will come just not now.
Also I know many many who have recovered from covid without any issues

 

[Walking Circles]

Maybe try taking a baby aspirin every day? Hear me out. My understanding is they're very safe (unless you have a contraindicating condition) and lower the risk of that sort of thing. After I had afib my cardiologist had me take one everyday, he didn't think my risk was enough to warrant blood thinners but thought the added little protection a baby aspirin would provide was a no brainer because they're low dose and over the counter.

Granted I'm not a doctor and it's probably best to ask yours first and make sure none of your daily meds interact with them and your medical history doesn't contraindicate it. But if you get the go ahead it could be an easy way to alleviate your anxiety by taking something that is a concrete step concerning your fears.

 

[Phillies Phan]

Maybe try taking a baby aspirin every day? Hear me out. My understanding is they're very safe (unless you have a contraindicating condition) and lower the risk of that sort of thing. After I had afib my cardiologist had me take one everyday, he didn't think my risk was enough to warrant blood thinners but thought the added little protection a baby aspirin would provide was a no brainer because they're low dose and over the counter.

Granted I'm not a doctor and it's probably best to ask yours first and make sure none of your daily meds interact with them and your medical history doesn't contraindicate it. But if you get the go ahead it could be an easy way to alleviate your anxiety by taking something that is a concrete step concerning your fears.

Just an FYI for anyone taking a baby aspirin..it can cause microscopic blood in the urine. It’s of no medical concern, but for those of us with HA that could cause immense concern. I learned the hard way

 

[Jonathan123]

Got to let the fear of death go.
If you're to look at your situation and how common we're in deaths path you would never leave the house let alone drive again.
There is a life after this, enjoy this one and stop focusing on death one day it will come just not now.
Also I know many many who have recovered from covid without any issues

Oh Yes!!! Even being alive is a risk. We never know what will happen from moment to moment. Now that does not sound very encouraging I know, but it's a fact, and facts have to be faced and accepted as part of being human.. Scott Peck in his book 'The road less Travelled' begins by saying 'what makes you think life will be easy?' Sadly, most children are brought up to live in funland with no idea of what life is about. 'If it's not fun don't do it'. When problems do arise, as they will, they are not prepared for it and that is where anxiety can begin. But life can be a real problem at times. It's what we took on as humans when we came here.
But by accepting things as they are and not as we would want them to be. can take a lot of the strain out of living.
Living from day to day and enjoying that day, if possible, is the only way. Of course we have to plan ahead at times, but we should realise that those plans can often go wrong. Life is like the Curate's egg, good in parts!!!
"Give no thought for the morrow, what ye shall eat or put on, sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof" From a man who knew what He was talking about.

 

[Nicole0814]

Maybe try taking a baby aspirin every day? Hear me out. My understanding is they're very safe (unless you have a contraindicating condition) and lower the risk of that sort of thing. After I had afib my cardiologist had me take one everyday, he didn't think my risk was enough to warrant blood thinners but thought the added little protection a baby aspirin would provide was a no brainer because they're low dose and over the counter.

Granted I'm not a doctor and it's probably best to ask yours first and make sure none of your daily meds interact with them and your medical history doesn't contraindicate it. But if you get the go ahead it could be an easy way to alleviate your anxiety by taking something that is a concrete step concerning your fears.

Oh I started the baby aspirin like two days after being diagnosed