I had a quite big blood clot at the inside of my upper thigh.
Pain started 22nd of dec and was diagnosed the 25th of dec.
Got shots of Marevan (Warfarin), along with daily pills.
1st of january the pain that I’d had that kept me from standing up and walking was gone and it felt like the clot had dissolved or was at least severely diminished.
However, my thigh, knee, calf, ankle and even foot and toes remain swollen.
How swollen it is changes from day to day and how much I use my foot.
I received a elastic graduated compression stocking and was advised to keep on using it as long as my foot was swollen.
I’ve worn it every day.
The swelling went down a lot and I started to feel like normal again, but after my first day back at work my foot swelled up to twice the size. Even though I was wearing the stocking.
I got so swollen the stocking hurt and I had to take it off.
After coming home and elevating my foot I could wear it again.
The texture of my skin has changed, I’m sore in places as if I was bruised, and the parts that are most swollen feel rock hard.
It’s very painful.
Could this be post-thrombotic syndrome or is it normal to still be so swollen, sore and tender after a month?
Pain is most prominent in the leg under the knee.
My blood clot was above the knee.
Still Swollen After Blood Clot?
January 28th, 2012



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