You've all both reassured me and scared me at the same time. I have PMR and GCA. I had bilateral and saddle pulmonary embolisms. Most of the doctors swear that it has nothing to do with auto-immune. The hospitalist at least said it was a possibility. I have no other risk factors so they just shrugged their shoulders and called it idiopathic. You all reassure me because I was convinced it was all related.
I'm scared because the cardiologist swore up and down multiple times I couldn't possibly have another embolism while I'm on the blood thinner. I guess I'll have to push for more follow-up tests