I have been having issues with my lower left leg for a little over 3 weeks now. During that time I drove from WA to Las Vegas, loaded a UHaul trailer, had some 'appointments' and drove back to WA and unloaded a UHaul trailer. Yes,I am a busy girl. So one of the appointments was a last chance with my primary care to adjust meds post surgery. I told him about my leg bothering me, swelling, turning red and he said "It may be a blood clot, as soon as you get home get to a Dr. and if you have blah, blah blah symptoms on the drive go directly to the ER" Did I think it was serious? NOPE. I went on about my day with some aspirin, a store bought compression stocking (knee high) and iced that leg down at each overnight stop. I got back Thursday, unloaded a Uhaul Friday and went to a walk-in clinic today. I had never heard of a Deep Vein Thrombosis before....or understand what it entails, I am going to research that next. Now I get the joy of meds, shots and some sort of 'anticoagulation' therapy schedule. I am 8 weeks post op tomorrow. I still do not know how this clot developed or what I could have done to prevent it. Is this a common post-op type of complication? Has anyone else had this?
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