Spectator in class noticed lecturer showed signs of a potentially fatal blood clot. It was.

[Lisa0825]

3. I kind of had the opposite story...

I thought I had a clot, and someone kept reassuring me that I didn't.

People - even medical professionals - need to be more educated and aware of DVTs and the risk of Pulmonary Embolism. I delayed treatment for what turned out to be a DVT because another medical condition had overlapping symptoms (aches and pains). My instinct told me I had a clot, but I was told to wait because the treatment for the (already diagnosed) condition would make me feel better (prednisone - anti-inflammatory). When that medication made all my aches and pains go away EXCEPT the pain in my left calf, and then it erupted in purple splotches, I drove myself to the ER, and coughed up blood on the way. I could have died because I didn't trust my instincts. Medical Science is great, but no one else can feel what you are feeling. We have to be our own best advocates.