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WildBill wrote:As you have read, I am, thankfully, back home. I will explain a little about my medical situation, but first I would like to thank everyone for sending their prayers and good thoughts.
It really lifted my spirits when I read your posts and got some phone calls, texts and messages from some of you and other friends. I have had many offers of help
from some really great friends and I have taken up some of their offers. Fortunately I was able to grab my phone and charger and put them in my pocket before I ended up laying
on the floor waiting for the ambulance to arrive. Puma guy has been very supportive and came to visit and, as usual we had some good conversations As TAM mentioned, we
messaged each other several times through FB.

Sunday morning I got up and made some coffee and planned to get on the computer to check emails, but never made it. I didn't even get one sip before I started having shortness
of breath and starting sweating heavily. The spell lasted about 20 minutes. It was pretty scary not being able to catch my breath. After the spell ended I designed to go back to bed and lay
down for a while, but in about 5 minutes I starting having the same symptoms. I contacted EMS and requested an ambulance. The EMTs arrived fairly quickly, did whatever
they do and put me in the truck. They put in an IV and started O2. They checked vitals, did an EKG on and took me to the hospital. By the time we got to the hospital, I was feeling better.

The EMTs and I were convinced that I was dehydrated and that was causing my problems. I was dehydrated, but when I got to the ER they started to run some tests and found some other things.
Cutting to the chase, I have two blood clots in my lungs. They have been giving me steroids for my breathing, O2 and started me on blood thinners. During my treatment, my O2 levels went
from about 65 and is currently about 95% without being on O2. I will have to continue on the blood thinners for at least 4 months until the clots are gone. The thinner is also supposed to prevent
any new clots from forming. I have follow up appointments next week. Tests did not show any heart damage, clots in the heart, and no evidence of clots in my legs. I am very grateful about that.

I am pretty private about some things, including my health, but in the interest of maybe helping others, if anyone is has any questions fire away. I did not know anything about embolisms so it was a
complete surprise to me. Also, I am 66 years old and this is my first visit to the ER and my first hospital stay, so I have a good record avoiding the ER.

I could not sleep the whole time I was at the hospital so I am trying to get back to my normal routine. As you may be able to tell by the time of this post, that hasn't happened yet.