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Expert: Robert Borucki - 11/6/2009
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Hi - I was looking for some information and found a similar issue with someone who asked you a question 6/27/2007. I recently was diagnosed with a Pulmonary Embolism, am on Coumadin now for the past 2 weeks. Approx. 1 week after went to the ER with flank pain on both sides. They did a CT scan to rule out kidney stones and sent me home. The pain comes and goes but happens every day since the ER. I was wondering if you have had other complaints of this type and is it just the body healing from the PE?
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you didn't say how high the pain was... sometimes it can be lower lung causing the side/back pain. It is hard to figure what is causing it now.... when someone has a PE... they have probably had other blood clots. So overall, I am not sure, but get it worked up thoroughly if it keeps up.
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