Why? Because I had a blood clot in one of the deep veins of my leg many years ago, I recognize the symptoms, and I was really anxious to avoid another three-day hospitalization like last time. Ugh.
Here's the culprit! By some miracle, I didn't take a selfie in the ER. From sanja gjeneroon freeimages.com. |
To keep myself amused and upbeat, I started tweeting the experience, so I will refrain from a play-by-play here--but I finally left the ER at 10 PM with a confirmed diagnosis of a blood clot, in a shallow vein this time (translation: not the kind that's likely to send a clot to my lungs), and a prescription that I still haven't been able to have filled because I don't have a PCP. (I plan to fix that tomorrow, so no worries.) But at least I know what's wrong, and the medication should sort everything right out so I can be back to my usual walking/riding/running all over the place that I've had to put a slight hold on for now.
Not exactly the homecoming I was hoping for.
2 comments:
Poor Su. Which I said already on Twitter, but it's worth reiterating. I hope the stupid clot goes away and the health care system stops sucking.
I hope both of those things, too. :)
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