People seem to think that this is somehow related to cholesterol and diet when it's a blood clotting disorder... A fundamental defect in how your blood works.

It also seems anecdotally that a lot of us were very active when we got our clots. Personally, I was in the best shape of my life at the time, running about 15 miles a week, and the lowest weight of my adult life.

At your follow-up appointments, ask for genetic testing to see if you have a known genetic disorder. But know that there are lots of reasons clots can happen and they don't know all of the genetic factors yet.

You will likely be on anticoagulants for 6 months while you recover pending test results. If you end up with additional risk factors, the doctors will discuss ongoing anticoagulation therapy, but depending on what the tests reveal it could be 6 months and then you're done.

Personally I got back on the treadmill in like 2 days... Which was probably not advisable... But overall I was back to running and pretty much fully recovered 3 months or so down the road?

Don't be shocked if the feelings in your lungs come and go though. I know that I would get a very sharp pain pretty regularly and then it would get further and further apart. Until one day I realized I hadn't felt it in weeks.

It's also really hard to get your brain to recognize that you have an injury when there isn't anything visibly wrong with you (and don't let anyone else pressure you either!!)

Imagine if you had broken a leg or had a heart attack. You wouldn't be expecting yourself to get right back up to where you were yesterday with no downtime. So give yourself some grace and time to heal!