Posted by C at 1:48am Sep 26 '11Ok, so I've been walking more in an attempt to be more active. The past few days, I change the route that I walk so that I have to climb a pretty steep hill.
Three days ago, my right calf started aching. A dull ache, no throbbing but persistent. I've always been prone to leg cramps at night and so I figured maybe this was from me walking down and up the new hill in my route. This morning, I woke up and almost fell getting out of bed because my right leg just sort of gave out on me. And my leg felt heavy, a little numb but still pretty achy. So naturally, I Google the symptoms and get lots of references to Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT), and embolisms. So, I decided to take a few aspirin and within the hour of taking it, my leg stops aching. There's some residual "tenderness" and my calf feels a little tighter than normal but the ache and the heaviness are gone. Been taking aspirin all day and my leg feels much better. Not sure if it was coincidence or not but not quite ready yet to not take aspirin and find out.
I just can't help but wonder if there's an embolus just floating around my veins--waiting to kill me.
(pops more aspirin)
Three days ago, my right calf started aching. A dull ache, no throbbing but persistent. I've always been prone to leg cramps at night and so I figured maybe this was from me walking down and up the new hill in my route. This morning, I woke up and almost fell getting out of bed because my right leg just sort of gave out on me. And my leg felt heavy, a little numb but still pretty achy. So naturally, I Google the symptoms and get lots of references to Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT), and embolisms. So, I decided to take a few aspirin and within the hour of taking it, my leg stops aching. There's some residual "tenderness" and my calf feels a little tighter than normal but the ache and the heaviness are gone. Been taking aspirin all day and my leg feels much better. Not sure if it was coincidence or not but not quite ready yet to not take aspirin and find out.
I just can't help but wonder if there's an embolus just floating around my veins--waiting to kill me.
(pops more aspirin)
added on 1:52am Sep 26 '11:
Oh, and I elevate my feet at night because I tend to swell a little-- pitting adema. Got damage to the right side of my heart from sleep apnea years back, so got a bit of thickening in the right side of my heart. added on 1:52am Sep 26 '11:
^ thickening of the walls of my heart.