lovingBenandCambree
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Caitlin,
I have coughed up blood many times and have had to have an embolization 3 times and a scope once. In 2002 I was coughing up serious amounts of blood. They figured it was between 4-6 cups. Can't really measure when its in the toilet I nearly had to have a blood transfusion. Anyway, I had been doing fine and had only a few episodes of blood until last year while I was pregnant. I coughed quite a bit again and they went in for another embolization. The only difference was this time I was put on a vent which scared the crap out of me. They sedated me for 24 hours while vented and went in two different times to stop the bleeding. A few days later my OBGYN said it was time to induce labor and have the baby because of all that was going on. IT was 6 weeks too early, but while I was on the pit, those of you who have had children probably know what this is, anyway I began couging up blood again. I was rushed up to ICU and they wanted to stop delivery, but my girl was on her way. so they put me out got her out of me put me on the vent again and scoped me to see where the bleeding was coming from. They thought it would heal on its own so no embolization was done but then a few days later after coughing up more blood they were able to go in without me on the vent and I was basically awake during the procedure. I understand how badly it scares you though. It truly is scary. My doctors tell me to call them when it is about a 1/4 of a cup. I don't know why a teaspoon doesn't seem significant for them but that is the way it is. It can be caused by coughing so hard you break blood vessels or as others have stated that you have an infection which causes the blood vessels to be closer to the surface and easier to rupture. If you have any questions please feel free to email me. tigger_babe32@hotmail.com. please put CF in the topic so I don't erase it I am doing much better now and have not had any severe bleeding episodes. Good Luck!!!
Emilee with 2 E's
I have coughed up blood many times and have had to have an embolization 3 times and a scope once. In 2002 I was coughing up serious amounts of blood. They figured it was between 4-6 cups. Can't really measure when its in the toilet I nearly had to have a blood transfusion. Anyway, I had been doing fine and had only a few episodes of blood until last year while I was pregnant. I coughed quite a bit again and they went in for another embolization. The only difference was this time I was put on a vent which scared the crap out of me. They sedated me for 24 hours while vented and went in two different times to stop the bleeding. A few days later my OBGYN said it was time to induce labor and have the baby because of all that was going on. IT was 6 weeks too early, but while I was on the pit, those of you who have had children probably know what this is, anyway I began couging up blood again. I was rushed up to ICU and they wanted to stop delivery, but my girl was on her way. so they put me out got her out of me put me on the vent again and scoped me to see where the bleeding was coming from. They thought it would heal on its own so no embolization was done but then a few days later after coughing up more blood they were able to go in without me on the vent and I was basically awake during the procedure. I understand how badly it scares you though. It truly is scary. My doctors tell me to call them when it is about a 1/4 of a cup. I don't know why a teaspoon doesn't seem significant for them but that is the way it is. It can be caused by coughing so hard you break blood vessels or as others have stated that you have an infection which causes the blood vessels to be closer to the surface and easier to rupture. If you have any questions please feel free to email me. tigger_babe32@hotmail.com. please put CF in the topic so I don't erase it I am doing much better now and have not had any severe bleeding episodes. Good Luck!!!
Emilee with 2 E's