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Ashley shares her blood clot story and the lessons she learned from this experience. She urges women to understand blood clot risks when choosing contraception. On September 28, 2022, I was feeling really dizzy and experiencing coughing fits. I was ...

In 2022, at the age of 32 and competing in the national rowing championship, I had my first serious crisis. I had to ask for help to get out of the river, hoping that the symptoms thought to be asthma ...

Without warning, Shelby’s life was suddenly cut short by a blood clot. Her mother Carol shares her story. Shelby was a beautiful, unique, outgoing person who enjoyed life fully. She loved outdoor activities, and spent her spare time snowshoeing, ...

Eve was 21 years old when she lost her life to a blood clot. Her mother Melanie remembers her amazing daughter. Our beautiful daughter Eve had a fall in July of 2019. At the time, she had been on the ...

Sophie recounts her past experience with blood clots in her lungs, while today she still deals with lung damage. In February of 2021, as I arrived to the hospital ward for my shift as a student nurse and healthcare ...

Kristin shares her personal experience with blood clots, stressing the role of her hormonal contraception as a risk factor. I had been short of breath for several days, but since it was January at the time I just assumed I ...

I had my son via C-section in April 2023. During my pregnancy, the doctors said that the leg pain I was experiencing was just sciatica. After having my son, I was having severe headaches. The pain medicine I was given ...

Faye recounts her dramatic experience with life-threatening blood clots during pregnancy. The start of my blood clot journey was very unexpected. I was 34 years old and 32 weeks pregnant. I was struggling to breathe, but I put it down ...

Jen shares her story about blood clots following estrogen therapy. In 2022, I went to my gynecologist with abnormal bleeding. After some tests, it was determined I had bilateral ovarian cysts. In an effort to shrink them, I was ...

I was 33 years old when I met my now husband. I had never taken birth control before, but began taking an estrogen-based birth control pill about six weeks before my wedding. During that time, I also traveled halfway across ...

Despite all she’s been through, Marion remains positive following her blood clot diagnosis and is happy to share her story with others. I discovered that I have three rare blood clotting disorders 15 years ago. Since that time, I’ve gone ...

Angella shares her journey from blood clot diagnosis to community advocate. In 2019, I was first misdiagnosed with a groin strain at a Toronto hospital. When I returned to the same hospital three days later, I was properly evaluated and ...

Kathryn shares her story and, after a life-threatening blood clot, stresses the importance of weighing the benefits of any medication against its risks. I love running and it seems that my love for running saved my life. I regularly ran ...

Ana explains how her clotting experience turned chronic, she was diagnosed with CTEPH, and required heart surgery. A few years ago, I was tested for bronchitis, same symptoms — shortness of breath, blue lips, constant fatigue and brain fog. After ...

Rachel shares her story to create awareness about blood clot risks and symptoms. As a healthy, nonsmoking, 24-year-old woman, you don’t expect chest and leg pain to mean blood clots. I had been on hormonal birth control since my early ...

Beckye recounts her experience with blood clots and the connection between blood clots and hormonal contraception. I was a very active 35-year-old woman when I felt dizzy before -- and then almost blacked out during -- an intensive game of ...

Alice, from England, shares her blood clot experience following the birth of her son, underscoring the connection between blood clots and pregnancy. At five weeks following the birth of my son, I developed a headache. Initially I thought nothing of ...