PE and DVT, you are all at risk

Having lost my beautiful mum to pulmonary embolism (PE) I am very much aware of getting regular physical exercise. One sunny afternoon, mum was innocently sitting reading the newspaper and got up to answer the phone. At that moment, both of her ankles broke and she was rushed to hospital. She was released and sent home later that day, only to pass away suddenly less than 5 minutes after I had spoken to her on the telephone that night. My mother was a vibrant, healthy and very active woman. She had not been sick a day in her life aside from the usual cold or flu once every two years. The shock of losing her was almost more than I could take. Sadly, it was more than my dad could handle, and we lost him, too, just a year and a half later after he suffered a massive stroke (more clots and stress).

I am not publishing this article for sympathy. You need to know that PE is the third biggest killer of people in the United States alone