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Left leg!!

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donna38794
donna38794

Has anyone one every had just one leg to swell? Its my left leg, no pain, it does dent if I push on it. Its only bad when the weather gets warm. I guess I should get it checked out been going on for about 3 yrs. My GP just shrugs his shoulders says he doesn't know what it could be.

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  • jocelyne44618
    jocelyne44618 donna38794

    Posted

    Donna   please go and get your legs checked out. I suffer from  fluid in the legs, once I had slim line legs,wonderful enjoyed walking around not wearing tights, now ok as year progressed my legs  started with veins, I had them "stripped" at 30  after the birth of my 3 child. and then they started to swell up  and yes if you pressed them with your fingers the legs would indent.   I was given a machine that I would  wrap the special wrapps turn on the electric and the machine would compress and release   (I used to go to bed  and use it )  it would compress the fluid  up and you would go to the loo as it pressed the fluid.  As time has gone by now 62  my legs have become  so large  I cant find tights that would go up my legs.   ITS FLUID RETENSION  and Im on WATER TABLETS,  As your doctor to refer you to a special nurse .  I dont want to scare you but now I am having ops on my legs by having foam pumped into my veins on the legs, it pushes the blood out of those veins now my injected area 1 year on has turned black  these ops are done  while awake, they are uncomfortable..  take care  get it sorted.  Jocelyne  Cambridge  UK 
  • ladyjack51
    ladyjack51 donna38794

    Posted

    Sure...my left leg was the first and only one to swell for many years. I had venous insufficiency first. The body's circulation progression runs left to right. Now I have lymphodema but the right leg only began to swell this year.
  • jayne67542
    jayne67542 donna38794

    Posted

    Yes, it was when I fell and damaged my right knee.  The swelling was huge. It's a lot better now, I have been on Diclofenac for about 3 years.

    now my left leg and hip are swollen, which made me visit the doctors only to find out I have OA in both hips.

    i am on naproxen twice a day.  I have noticed that both my ankles are swollen, not too bad though.

  • jayne67542
    jayne67542 donna38794

    Posted

    I would ask another doctor, keep asking till you get an answer.

    my main gp is hopeless, so I usually choose another on the list at the surgery.

  • sally14335
    sally14335 donna38794

    Posted

    You, as they say "had me at shrugs his shoulders".  I'm out of there real fast!  I sincerely hope you don't live in an area where your choice of medical people is limited!  You keep searching, like I do.  There has to be a reason for this happening and it can't be that hard, complicated maybe, but do-able, for certain.

     

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