megs18
11-04-19, 14:34
I am a 24 year old woman who has been on birth control pills for 9 years, which of course means I have an increased chance of getting a blood clot. I've had a pain in my calf and weird burning sensations for two days now. Now I have shortness of breath.
I went to urgent care last night and they did a d dimer test, which came back negative, but the paper they gave me when they discharged me says "your test was negative, this is not likely a blood clot." Of course, since I have HA, all I can focus on is the word "likely." I Googled d dimer accuracy and found this story (https://www.stoptheclot.org/patient-stories/lisa-cowan-wells-blood-clot-story/) where a woman with a blood clot had several negative d dimer test results. Scared because I now have shortness of breath too, so it might be a PE now.
I went to urgent care last night and they did a d dimer test, which came back negative, but the paper they gave me when they discharged me says "your test was negative, this is not likely a blood clot." Of course, since I have HA, all I can focus on is the word "likely." I Googled d dimer accuracy and found this story (https://www.stoptheclot.org/patient-stories/lisa-cowan-wells-blood-clot-story/) where a woman with a blood clot had several negative d dimer test results. Scared because I now have shortness of breath too, so it might be a PE now.