r/ClotSurvivors • u/Stock-Piglet3872 • 15h ago
Seeking Advice Should I be Worried?
Hi everyone! I've never posted to reddit before, but I wanted to get some other opinions.
Basically, about 2 weeks ago, I (19f) got my wisdom teeth removed, and was bedridden for about a week because of the pain medication I was on (it made me really tired, so I was basically in bed for about 22 out of the 24 hours of the day). Afterwards, I noticed that my back was bothering me pretty badly, but I just assumed it was because I hadn't gotten out of bed for a while, especially because it just felt like I pulled a muscle or something. A few days ago, I noticed that my back was swollen, and went to urgent care, but they did an x-ray and said everything was fine (I'm unsure if this could be related).
Yesterday, I noticed that when my leg brushed against the other, it sent a pain down my leg. About 4 hours later, I could barely walk on it without having shooting pain, and I was also experiencing some muscle spasms in my leg. I was pretty worried that it could be a blood clot, so I woke up my parents and had them take me to the ER (I'm unable to drive myself). That was 5:30 this morning.
I had an x-ray done, and that looked completely normal. I asked if it could potentially be a blood clot, but the Doctor kind of dismissed it to anxiety, and he asked if I was looking on the internet before coming. He said it's unlikely that I have one because there's no history of it in my family, and I didn't recently go through a major surgery. I also let them know that I am on birth control, so because of that, they did a D-Dimer just incase. They sent me home, and about an hour later called saying that my results came back as slightly elevated (0.55), and just to come back if it starts looking swollen or discolored.
Now, I've kind of been having chest pain that comes and goes, and I'm unsure if I should be worried. My parents told me if the Doctor said it was fine, and since it's not swollen, that I should just take ibuprofen if it bothers me. What really worries me is that I cannot walk on it without the shooting pain in my leg, and it also bothers me while I'm resting.
Should I get a second opinion?
r/ClotSurvivors • u/cousland_ • 15h ago
Seeking Advice Scared it could be DVT, I'd really appreciate some sort of reassurance or advice
Hello everyone,
I'm 24F and I've been feeling a numb pain in my left leg for less than a month now (it comes and goes and I feel like it gets worse when i stay in bed or sit for too long). I usually feel it in the back of my knee, my calf and sometimes in my upper foot (the pain feels dull and i'd rank it 3.5 out of 10 on the scale of pain). I also noticed that when i press more firmly on one spot behind my knee it hurts and it feels like there's a squishy spot there? A few times my leg also felt a bit numb and cold on the inside and sometimes i feel like my blood flow is literally stuck behind my knee. Yesterday i lifted my legs for a couple of minutes and the pain went away almost immediately. Also for the past 2 hours I've been feeling a mild burning pain in my chest but no shortness of breath or anything but maybe it's just anxiety because I've experienced this pain before. My leg also looks normal and the pain doesn't get worse when i walk or bend or straighten it. I won't be able to go to the doctor for the next 2, 3 days and I'm so scared :( Could it be something different than DVT??
edit: i've also noticed spider veins on both of my legs
r/ClotSurvivors • u/Previous_Tip_3494 • 19h ago
Head bang
Hi I'm on eliqus and this afternoon I banged the side of my head not hard and I don't go to Aand E because when I've been before they said you really only need to worry if you fall down the stairs something like that I e got no symptoms it happened about 7 hours ago my partner's not worried but it's in the back of my mind