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Leg Cramps Scare Me

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chrisdarnell
chrisdarnell

Had a very painful DVT last year in my right calf. Now I'm on lifelong blood thinners, so the chance of experiencing that again is slim.

But I do occasionally get bad cramp in that calf, it instantly swells up like a hard rock and the pain is so familiar. My head knows that it is cramp and that in only a few minutes it will pass, but it's amazing how dread and the familiar experience of pain combine into a moment of panic.

On the plus side, after a year I am finally noticing that the calf is more normal size (12 months post DVT it was still measured by my doctor at 8cm larger circumference).

Anybody get the DVT panics? Do they pass?

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  • Vivi3nne
    Vivi3nne chrisdarnell

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    Not surprising really, its such an awful thing. I have a travel group on Facebook and often people post about coping with long haul flights and I am always amazed at the number of people that take sleeping pills. I get so mad with them, nobody realises how awful a DVT is until they have one or know someone close that has one. Once I put a photo of my leg in the conversation, three times the size it was and said this is what you are risking when you take those sleeping pills on a flight. Anyway, nothing to do with your question. Only once I had a scare, thought I had another and I did panic, I just had this bad pain in my leg. I made an urgent appointment at the doctor and they diagnosed a sprained muscle. They told me it would be really extreme if I got another as I am on thinners. I have not worried since, not even on those long haul flights but I would never take a sleeping pill!!!

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