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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 ...

Nichole shares her experience with blood clots connected to hormonal birth control. When I was 20 years old I asked my doctor about birth control pills. She didn’t hesitate to write the script for me. Not knowing anything about ...

Kara, who survived the “perfect storm” that led to a life-threatening blood clot, shares her story. February of 2021 I went to work and began to have horrible pain in my shoulder. I brushed it off as my purse being ...

Jenna tells her story of experiencing a blood clot and the connection between genetic clotting disorders and birth control. In March of 2015, I was living in Boulder, Colorado after completion of my M.F.A. degree. I remember standing outside in ...

Amara My 14-year-old daughter Amara’s life was tragically cut short by a blood clot in her lung. She was prescribed birth control by her pediatrician to manage acne. This decision led to devastating consequences. On January 9, 2020, ...

Jasmine In 2015, at 32 weeks into my third pregnancy with my first son, I had what I thought was a chest infection combined with an asthma flare up. Walking more than a few feet became unbearable. Two ...