Is it easy to find a partner and/or maintain relationship when you have Factor V Leiden?
People with experience in Factor V Leiden give their opinion on whether it is easy or not to have a partner or to maintain a realationship when you are diagnosed of Factor V Leiden. What are the possible difficulties in having a relationship?
Factor V doesn't really impact relationships in a meaningful way. Some life style changes may be necessary for those who have had a dvt which may cause some interference with activities. But usually factor V doesn't have much of an impact.
I was diagnosed in 2001 after a series of TIA's and a smart neurologist who suspected there was something more to be investigated since I had a history of DVT's and my mother's family has had numerous blood clots.
Since then I was also diagnosed w...
My name is MARTIN R. LEMIEUX, and for over 20 years now I’ve survived five DVTS – BLOOD CLOTS in my left leg, one clot in my right leg, and another clot in my left pelvic area. As if that wasn’t enough, I’ve also had to manage three massive c...
I WAS DIAGNOSED IN MARCH OF THIS YEAR AFTER HAVING MY 2ND PULMONARY EMBOLISM. THE DOCTORS COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHERE MY BLOOD CLOTS WERE COMING FROM SINCE I DID NOT HAVE ANY DVT'S. I HAVE BOTH GENES, SO I WILL BE ON BLOOD THINNERS THE REST OF MY ...
In 2010 I was pregnant with my son. Late in my pregnancy I started having horrible swelling in my legs. They were hot, red, and huge. I was placed on maternity leave and put on bed rest.
My son was born healthy, but I hemorraged and was given a clot...
In the spring of 2010, I was working and felt that it was a little difficult to bend my right knee / walk - I felt very little swelling / heat so I thought little of it, especially in light of a prior history of having knee problems in that same leg....