Of all of the episodes that I ever had, most of them were after I was lying down (but not all). My very last two episodes were only a few days before I got the transplants. I went into the hosptial on January 22, 2007 for coughing up about 3-4 cups of blood and had an embolization that same day. I woke up the next morning and coughed up some more blood! I was transferred to my transplant clinic on the 27th and had the transplants 3 days later. The doctors had moved me higher on the list and really pushed to get me the organs because they felt that if I had another bleed like I had just had, I wouldn't be here today.
Bleeds are not fun but as your lungs get worse, they can become more common and it sucks!