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[kathrynt]

What would cause only my left foot to swell up with persistent pitting edema? It's showing up nowhere else on my whole body.

Edit: well, tamidon effectively scared the crap out of me, and I called the doctor -- apparently the character of it is very, very consistent with a DVT, so I have an emergency appointment in an hour and a half

Comments

[tamidon]

um, nothing good, go to doctor

[alexiarnps]

Left foot/ankle is most common. Your interior vena cava bears to the right, making the left foot/ankle the farthest distance from your heart. Right foot/ankle generally swells after the left already is or has started if you get it in both extremities.

Compression socks do wonders.

[kathrynt]

I think this might be beyond compression socks; my foot is numb and tingly, and I can leave a 3/4" divot in the top of it, and the swelling ends so abruptly above my ankle that it almost leaves a ridge.

[emmacrew]

She has pretty much the best health insurance in the U.S.

[tigerbright]

Good for Tamidon. Best wishes.

[sistawendy]

Um, eek.

You're not allowed to have a DVT because a) you're not a tranny on estrogens and b) I still need to bum that BSG off you.