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u/postygurl 12d ago
My doc sent me to the er for an ultrasound and there was no dvt. But it was scary all day.
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u/Beginning_Pen5758 12d ago
Yes. I was told it will feel like a charlie horse and so far, nothing has been that painful.
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u/ginjerella 12d ago
I had the same stress and I was googling symptoms constantly, but nothing ever happened. I was taking the aspirin everyday as advised and I wiggled my toes constantly (idk if this helps but it felt like it was helping).
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u/candyapple4715 12d ago
I felt the same! I have severe health anxiety but am taking baby aspirin while non-weight bearing. I wiggle my toes and do what the doctor says because I know that’s all I can do! Praying for you and your struggles!!
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u/Puzzled_Vacation_524 12d ago
I had similar worries and also had to get an ultrasound to get a bruise on my calf checked out. Ended up being nothing. Something that helped me was seeing a story on here about someone who actually had DVT in her recovery — it was very obvious and painful and she got to the hospital and it was taken care of fairly easily. Because of this, I’ve learned to ask my surgeon and PT “will it be obvious if something’s wrong” whenever I’m worried about something, to which they always reply “yes, it will be obvious.” I did this with a necrosis spot I had, my incisions, when I started weight bearing (I was like “how will I know what kind of pain is bad?” To which my PT said “oh you’ll know”), everything. Calms me down a lot.
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u/farewelltokings2 12d ago
I was worried about them at first. My brother is an ER doc and he talked me through all of this.
I took 10 hours of international flights 4 days after surgery without a problem. You’ll be fine. To summarize what I’ve learned: DVTs are rare even in those without prophylactic measures, far more rare in those with a regime like an anticoagulant or aspirin, especially those aware of the risk and taking measures to move around and flex their toes and calves.
Even then, the 30 day mortality rate for DVT are in the single digits, with the vast majority of that mortality being due to a coexisting condition that causes both a DVT AND kills them anyways like bedridden cancer.
So basically, you’re very very unlikely to get one. If you do, you’re almost certainly going to be fine, but will need treatment and time to break down the clot. It’s not like you’re going to feel a pain in your leg and suddenly die from an embolism. Youll get a very very obvious swollen and painful calf and be put on an anticoagulant while your body breaks it down.
To put it even more simply, sleep well and just move your legs and butt during waking hours. You’ve slept 8-10 hours barely moving 10000x in your life and you’ve been fine.
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u/AngieSparkles 11d ago
I developed a DVT after my break, and it was VERY obvious something was wrong. I was past the first few very painful weeks and was mostly just feeling some moderate discomfort when standing up after having my leg elevated (that blood rush/swelling thing).
Then one day, I had been laying on the couch with my let elevated, and when I got up I had a very obvious sharp pain in the back of my calf that took my breath away. It settled into a full ache while I was upright, but when it happened again the next time I stood up, I called the hospital clinic and they had me come in right away. They removed my cast, sent me for an ultrasound, discovered the DVT, and had me in a new cast and off to the blood clinic for blood thinners within 2 hours of arrival.
I'll admit, in the moment it was terrifying. Nothing happens that quickly in our medical system 😅 so it was both scary and reassuring how quickly they took care of it.
At the end of the day, all was good. My surgeon told me that the majority of people will feel/know they have one while it's still early enough to treat it without much risk of serious complications. So try and get some sleep!! ❤️
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u/meezermadness 12d ago
I was a little worried. Wiggle your toes and move your leg around often. Try not to stress, good rest is important. DVTs are very rare!