To ask for an ambulance?

[Kindofnewtothis]

I don't know what to do really.
Had a bit of leg pain and tingling the last day or so and wasn't concerned at all but I rang 111, because I had a pulmonary embolism a year ago I thought I should be cautious in case it was another blood clot.
111 people got a doctor from the local hospital to ring me back, she said she isn't concerned from what I've said but wants me to come to a&e straight away for bloods and scan.
I honestly feel fine and a little bit embarrassed, what if it's just a sore muscle or something.
But when I got off the phone I then realised I now have £3 in my bank account and about 80p cash, so can't get an Uber or a bus at this time. I'm a student so all my friends and family are in a different city. Should I ring 111 back and ask if they have a way to transport me? I feel well but if a doctor has told me to go to a&e then it's made me worried.

[John470322]

@Kindofnewtothis I am glad you are ok after your time in hospital.

[LakieLady]

Glad to hear you're ok, OP.

Please stash some cash somewhere, in case you ever need to get somewhere in an emergency!

[YoLoHogwomanay]

great news OP. You cannot be too careful with blood clots. Glad to hear you are OK!

[ItsPeanutButterJelly]

Glad all ok in the end, OP.

Just a note than when 111 have recommend making my way to A&E in the past (a few times now) they've always asked whether I'm able to make my own way there. If they didn't ask you this, it might be worth making a mental note for the future as something to mention to them before you hang up.

[MrsMozartMkII]

Glad you're okay lass.

Had a dvt many years ago. Bloody hurt more than labour. Completely understand the fear factor of having another one. Have you been checked for the reason? I have Factor V Lieden, a blood clotting disorder. You'll need to get checked (I'm assuming) before ttc. Fingers crossed all is well.

[TheSerenDipitY]

@Kindofnewtothis
i actually disagree with everyone else... i think a possible DVT is kind of actually life threatening and an over the phone consult doesnt say if you have one or not, and if you were worried enough to call a doctor then you probably shouldnt have been running about trying to find a way to the hospital, i mean they kind of move about dont they? and its too late to call once its moved id imagine... now i know you didnt have a dissected aorta or a heart attack but i would consider a possible DVT ambulance worthy especially as you had no other transport, and as they would have placed you as low priority hopefully no one would have been put out...

[Flakeyface]

History of PE.
Admit you have screwed up. Nick on all the neighbours doors and borrow money. Stop being so passive. It’s your health nobody else’s

[Schuyler]

Very few people said she should wait. The vast majority agreed it was appropriate use of A&E and obviously it’s good that it wasn’t serious once OP was seen. The discussion was over money for transport. If you need medical attention en route, that’s clearly a 999 situation. OP had - correctly - sought medical advice and been directed to make her way to A&E. She could have phoned back 111 and asked what to do if she reall couldn’t get there and I accept there are some cases where people may live miles away and it’d cost a huge amount.

[Kindofnewtothis]

Been screened for Factor V Leiden, Thrombophilia been scanned head to toe for tumors, blood tests for lupus, all sorts! Never found a thing. It's down on my medical record as unexplained so I'm taking the apixaban for life, but the best guess is that I'd been taking the contraceptive pill for a month before.

[klingon85]

Having read this thread I'm glad you are ok OP and you do not have to justify your life to a bunch of strangers. Shame on you people who were unpleasant who the fuck do you think you are

[AnyWalls]

@kindofnewtothis

I was 24 when I had a PE. Like you, I had every screening possible. I also had private medical insurance, so no expense was spared. The only risk factor I had was that I was a smoker. I had been on the contraceptive pill, but had stopped it a year earlier. They also put it down as unexplained, told me that I could never risk taking oral contraceptives and to tell every medical professional I ever encountered about the history. My treatment was warfarin for 6 months though. When pregnant I had to inject myself daily with Innohep.
Why are they saying you need to be on a medication for life?

[AnyWalls]

I've never had a clot since btw. And it's 17 years now.

[Kindofnewtothis]

Thanks, I didn't really understand many of the unne cesary comments either!
Well the doctor I had when I was admitted to the hospital said stop the pill immediately and 5mg apixaban twice daily for 6 months and then you'll be fine.
Was then referred to a haematologist who just said that she wasn't convinced it was the pilla and I'm a bit of a weird case that makes her nervous 😂 she said she personally believes there's something in me that has caused this that they haven't, and probably won't ever, find so I now take a lower dose of the apixaban for life just as a just incase, I suppose!

[UnspiritualHome]

*Flakeyface, didn't occur to you that, 36 hours after OP first posted, things might have moved on?

[HollowTalk]

@Kindofnewtothis, couldn't you have asked your boyfriend to pay for a taxi?

[HoraceCope]

er dont think she needs a taxi now @hollowtalk

[HollowTalk]

No, I know, @HoraceCope, that's why I used the tense I did!

In her other threads, OP talks about her boyfriend and it's clear they're living together. He seems to have disappeared in this thread.