When is it safe to travel after a pulmonary embolism?

A friend visiting from Europe developed a pulmonary embolism after a surgery. She has been started on a blood thinner. When is it safe for her to fly back home?

Never. She needs to become an American citizen and stay here forever. Or at least take a boat home and not a plane. LOL

give her a couple of weeks

4 weeks after treatment.

When her doctor says it is ok. She needs to ask her doctor.

How old is she? Does she has other medical problems? Now I am scared about a major surgery that I have in a couple of weeks. Ask her doctor when it is safe for her to fly back home. He should give you a more accurate answer.

I would venture to say that she shouldn't travel until her INR is at therapeutic level.

As soon as her INR is between 2-3.

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