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Having a blood clot in my lung. The pain was like being stabbed, every so often someone would twist the knife. Morphine had no effect, and it hurt to breathe- when I wasn’t coughing up blood. The clot cut off the oxygen to part of my lung, leaving me with permanent scar tissue (pulmonary infarction) and reducing my lung capacity. My heart rate still skyrockets during exercise - it hit 212 the other day - and if I take a deep breath, I can’t inflate fully on one side. It’s like the bottom part of my lung is in a vice. I wouldn’t want to repeat that!