Post by StephDRebel on Apr 26, 2016 22:33:51 GMT
Summary:
Last of March I was on crutches for a week or so. I had horrible pain on side of my left foot, went to the dr, had x-ray done and they said I had pretty deep tissue damage but no breaks. Wrap, ice, elevate, crutches until bruising/pain went away.
First of April I flew to Orlando for a work conference. Was there for 4 days, nothing strenuous, only left the hotel to follow the ambulance to the ER (a friend) and then to go to dinner one night. No substantial walking/hobbling/whatever.
Was home for 4 days and then drove (9 hours) to my moms house. Picked her up and drove 4 hours to the beach, stayed the night and drove 4 hours back to my moms house. Stayed for 2 days and then drove 9 hours home.
While I was at my moms house the first day, I noticed that my thigh was swollen and really painful. In September while I was on Cuttyhunk Island a solid wood dining table that seats 16 collapsed during a high energy game of spoons and landed on my right thigh. It hurt like a mutha and I had a pretty substantial bruise but could walk fine, figured it would just hurt for a while and then heal up. I didn't have it checked then because there wasn't a dr on the island and it certainly wasn't worth calling a helicopter in for. It mostly healed up but I still have a bit of a bruise there and it gets a little sore here and there but nothing crazy.
Anyway, first day, my thigh hurts and the bruised area is really tender and I realize that my inner shins are really sore to the touch and throbbing when I stand/walk. I assumed it was from traveling and would get better as I rested. I propped my feet to sleep and went on about my merry way.
Both of my lower legs got pretty swollen on the way home and I spent the next two days icing and elevating, trying to take it easy figuring it was just a lot of travel and I was tired. Traveling takes a pretty big toll on me usually.
Last Monday I had to drive to Baltimore (10 hours) and made sure to stop, stretch, etc on the way there. That night my lower legs and right thigh were super sore. They would be constant aching and then suddenly surge, once bad enough as we were walking through the parking lot that it kind of took my (right) leg from under me and I fell on the pavement.
I was up all night with aches and then drove home the next morning. We managed to turn the 10 hour drive into 15 hours with stops to stretch, shop, eat, etc (I had 3 other gals with me) but when we got there they were pretty swollen again.
When they swell it's squishy feeling, like there is a pocket of fluid or something, but it doesn't seem to be normal water retention (at least nothing like swelling from toxemia) it's very contained, almost like a long, thin implant feeling. Not hot to the touch or red looking, they look blue'ish and just hurt. My ankles also started burning, it feels almost like that warm, burning feeling when they inject IV meds and the tops of my feet hurt to my toes.
the next morning I called my doctor and she was out of the office. Her staff referred me to the ER to rule out blood clots. They scanned the inside of my legs from thigh to ankle, asked me a few questions (yet, I don't feel like he listened to a single word I actually said) and said there were no blood clots.
He never felt the swollen area, didn't scan it, paid no attention to the thigh injury that flared up the same day the rest started and said I had shin splints. I asked specifically how shin splints connect with the other things going on and he said it was a coincidence, to take motrin and if it's not better in a few weeks to come back. I asked what a reasonable time for something like that to heal up was and he said it could be a few weeks, even a couple of months and when I said 'so 7 months is or is not getting on the longer side of the expectation for healing' he told me to give it a few more weeks and walked out of the room.
I was so pissed at that point that I just left, I have no expectation of getting decent healthcare from any emergency department unless I head towards columbus and it just wasn't worth the co-pay honestly.
So, other things going on- i've been exhausted during the day and not sleeping at night. I know that is a combination of pain and stress from some things going on locally that have me uneasy but i'm tired. I believe excessively so but I don't know how much i'm actually awake in the night. A few times i've felt like my chest was heavy and like my heart would slow down and then beat really fast for a few seconds and then kind of even out. That has happened multiple times over the last few years, maybe connected, maybe not, maybe just stress. I don't really know, again, my doctor doesn't seem to be interested.
I'll bring it all up again at the appointment with my regular doctor on Thursday but of course i'm trying to figure it out.
Have you heard of shin splints that go from an older injury in the thigh to your toes? I feel like that just doesn't add up. Any other therories?
Last of March I was on crutches for a week or so. I had horrible pain on side of my left foot, went to the dr, had x-ray done and they said I had pretty deep tissue damage but no breaks. Wrap, ice, elevate, crutches until bruising/pain went away.
First of April I flew to Orlando for a work conference. Was there for 4 days, nothing strenuous, only left the hotel to follow the ambulance to the ER (a friend) and then to go to dinner one night. No substantial walking/hobbling/whatever.
Was home for 4 days and then drove (9 hours) to my moms house. Picked her up and drove 4 hours to the beach, stayed the night and drove 4 hours back to my moms house. Stayed for 2 days and then drove 9 hours home.
While I was at my moms house the first day, I noticed that my thigh was swollen and really painful. In September while I was on Cuttyhunk Island a solid wood dining table that seats 16 collapsed during a high energy game of spoons and landed on my right thigh. It hurt like a mutha and I had a pretty substantial bruise but could walk fine, figured it would just hurt for a while and then heal up. I didn't have it checked then because there wasn't a dr on the island and it certainly wasn't worth calling a helicopter in for. It mostly healed up but I still have a bit of a bruise there and it gets a little sore here and there but nothing crazy.
Anyway, first day, my thigh hurts and the bruised area is really tender and I realize that my inner shins are really sore to the touch and throbbing when I stand/walk. I assumed it was from traveling and would get better as I rested. I propped my feet to sleep and went on about my merry way.
Both of my lower legs got pretty swollen on the way home and I spent the next two days icing and elevating, trying to take it easy figuring it was just a lot of travel and I was tired. Traveling takes a pretty big toll on me usually.
Last Monday I had to drive to Baltimore (10 hours) and made sure to stop, stretch, etc on the way there. That night my lower legs and right thigh were super sore. They would be constant aching and then suddenly surge, once bad enough as we were walking through the parking lot that it kind of took my (right) leg from under me and I fell on the pavement.
I was up all night with aches and then drove home the next morning. We managed to turn the 10 hour drive into 15 hours with stops to stretch, shop, eat, etc (I had 3 other gals with me) but when we got there they were pretty swollen again.
When they swell it's squishy feeling, like there is a pocket of fluid or something, but it doesn't seem to be normal water retention (at least nothing like swelling from toxemia) it's very contained, almost like a long, thin implant feeling. Not hot to the touch or red looking, they look blue'ish and just hurt. My ankles also started burning, it feels almost like that warm, burning feeling when they inject IV meds and the tops of my feet hurt to my toes.
the next morning I called my doctor and she was out of the office. Her staff referred me to the ER to rule out blood clots. They scanned the inside of my legs from thigh to ankle, asked me a few questions (yet, I don't feel like he listened to a single word I actually said) and said there were no blood clots.
He never felt the swollen area, didn't scan it, paid no attention to the thigh injury that flared up the same day the rest started and said I had shin splints. I asked specifically how shin splints connect with the other things going on and he said it was a coincidence, to take motrin and if it's not better in a few weeks to come back. I asked what a reasonable time for something like that to heal up was and he said it could be a few weeks, even a couple of months and when I said 'so 7 months is or is not getting on the longer side of the expectation for healing' he told me to give it a few more weeks and walked out of the room.
I was so pissed at that point that I just left, I have no expectation of getting decent healthcare from any emergency department unless I head towards columbus and it just wasn't worth the co-pay honestly.
So, other things going on- i've been exhausted during the day and not sleeping at night. I know that is a combination of pain and stress from some things going on locally that have me uneasy but i'm tired. I believe excessively so but I don't know how much i'm actually awake in the night. A few times i've felt like my chest was heavy and like my heart would slow down and then beat really fast for a few seconds and then kind of even out. That has happened multiple times over the last few years, maybe connected, maybe not, maybe just stress. I don't really know, again, my doctor doesn't seem to be interested.
I'll bring it all up again at the appointment with my regular doctor on Thursday but of course i'm trying to figure it out.
Have you heard of shin splints that go from an older injury in the thigh to your toes? I feel like that just doesn't add up. Any other therories?