Originally Posted by
banerjek
On the positive side, you get HTFU points and no one can accuse you of being a hypochondriac. This stuff can get anyone. Like other world class athletes in their 20's, Serena Williams didn't exactly fit most peoples' image of a pulmonary embolism candidate, but she's only recently been able to restart training.
For 6 weeks after landing here in Australia in June 2009, I wondered what in the world was wrong with me. I blamed my incredibly busy previous couple months, finishing my degree and packing everything up to go into storage. I blamed the 1000 km I rode in May, maybe it was too much for me. I blamed jet lag ... but 6 weeks of jet lag? And all the while I was getting more and more tired until finally, one day I walked out to meet Rowan after work, and could hardly make it. I couldn't breathe, I felt like my leg had turned to stone and I was dragging it along.
But even so I thought maybe I'd been bitten by a spider. I didn't think DVT.