Pain is very normal after two weeks. I had pain when I walked, when I sat and when I laid down. The pain was worse for me at night.

You clot can become scar tissue, or it sort of attaches to your vein wall, which may be what your doc is getting at. Your body forms collateral veins to help with blood flow. All those things can cause pain and discomfort. I think at this point, it's too soon for you to tell if you're going to have lasting pain.

I had a calf DVT in 2007, and I do have some long term effects. My leg still aches, still swells a bit. It's not constant. It goes in spurts where it'll feel great, and then for a while it doesn't. But it's manageable. I mean, it hasn't prevented me from doing the things I like to do or from being active, for the most part.

I had a arm DVT in 2008, and except for occassional achiness, I've had no long term effects from the clot. My arm clot was just as painful as my leg clot, and it took longer for the pain to subside.

Hi RMB: I just knew you would have some answers for me. I only joined the group, but could tell you have been through a lot for awhile now.
Thank You So Much. That is exactly how the doctor explained it to me.
How fortunate and blessed you were that you were able to take care of them soon enough.
I just have so many health problems, and this just put me over the edge when they said DVT. Again Thank You
Susan

You're welcome, Susan.

I'm sorry you have so many other serious things going on. And I don't know that I have a lot of answers. I just know what I've experienced and I think my experiences are pretty common to many people who've had DVTs.

I have other health issues too, although not as serious as Leukemia, but I have a Ulcerative Colitis, so I completely understand how overwhelming it is to be dealing with a chronic condition,and the complications that come with that, and then have all this other nonsense on top of it. Mentally and emotionally, it just wears you down. My heart fills up for you because I do know how it just cuts you down at the knees to have one thing after another happen. And you don't know if you have the physical or emotional stamina to deal with it. But you must know you are much stronger than you think.

This will pass. Just try to take it a day at a time. I know that's such a cliche, but that's all you can do right now, take it a day at a time, a moment at a time, an emotion at a time. Deep breaths.

Rachelle

I am always telling someone to take one day at a time. I need to really take my own advice. I have taken one day at a time with my Leukemia since 1998, and I always say that I AM GLAD WHERE I AM AND NOT WHERE I USED TO BE.
Hope your doing okay with your Chronic Colitis. Its probably good and bad days. Stay Well. I am glad I joined the group.

Yeah, I'm pretty lucky that most are good days. The bad days do take a toll and I've been pretty sick over the years, but I am thankful for my life and my health, that's for sure. We all have good days and bad, right?

I'm glad you joined the group too. There's a lot of wisdom here and good advice. And you have a lot to offer too given your situation.

Hi there! I've had two DVTs, one in 2005 and one in 2009. Both are still in my leg and have "organized" as your doc said. They've solidified and pretty much become part of the vein wall.

Although my clot leg is a little bit bigger around and harder to the touch than the other, I really don't have pain or lasting issues with it. I mean, if I sit in a funny position, it might feel weird, but that's about it.

You're only two weeks out, so it is hard to say where you'll be in another few months or years. I was in a lot of pain for the first few months and it took a long time to feel 100% again, but it does get better!

Best wishes! Keep us posted!

I got a DVT i n my left leg in Nov 2010 and had a major reaction to Coumadin, so I am on Lovonox shots - twice a day. Don't know how long I'll be on it. My GP just gives me general answers. Going to for Ultrasound in March 2011 to see where the clots are or if they have gone away since my hospital stay (they supposedly vacuumed them out - and my reaction to Coumadin happened). They drained my calf becasue of the reaction and my blood vessels were all "jacked up" - which unfortunately, gave me drop foot syndrom. So now I am at therapy 3x a week to get my foot back mobile again. I walk with a foot brace in my shoe.
Have been active all my life and for this to happen, I am having a hard time with it. To me, it should be "fixed by now". I hate giving myself the Lovonox shots and my foot not working right. I guess cause no one will or can give me an answer as to how long or what if. The only pain I have is the tenderness of part of my foot as it comes back to life. Most of it still has no feeling and I am stil lswollen from the operation.

I know what you ar going through but we have to move on and keep positive - because the alternative is being in the ground !!!

Anyone else with a Lovonox "helpful hint" ?

Hey, injecting yourself is horrid, I know it's easy for me to say now I'm not doing the jabs every day, but attitude makes it easier - when I was dreading doing it, it hurt much more.
Helpful hint #1 - frozen peas on the belly for a few minutes before you do the jab - worked for me!! Inject very, very slowly and that makes it hurt less and bruise a lot less.
Someone else on here told me that the angle of the needle makes it less painful, I think it was 'eye upwards' to stop it being so sore.
And keep the needle at 90 degrees so it goes in straight.
Don't rub the site afterwards, or have a hot bath after, either.
And if you have to push the air bubble out of the syringe and a bit runs down the needle, give it a good shake to get rid of the drip - that's what the nurse told me - if you don't it makes you bruise more, apparently.
Hang in there and keep positive, I know how hard it is when you feel you should be fixed by now and you're still debilitated and numb - I have that too, from last May, and I rant on here about it quite regularly!!

If I grab a good amount of skin, keep the needle in completely straight, pushing the needle in as far as it will go, and then pushig the plunger as far as it will go, I seem to have minimal bruising and hard spots. It hurts for a minute but it passed pretty quickly. I'm doing lovenox right now in preparation for surgery next week so it's all very fresh in my mind. I actually don't mind the injections but I'm weird that way.

Hope you're foot gets better. That's a crappy thing to have happened.

Susan, this is normal. I have pain in my leg even after 13 years. My leg is swollen and becomes worse if I am on my feet for long.

I had a very bad experience last night. I had the worst pain since I was diagnosed, and could not straighten the leg or stand on it. This went on all night. NIghts are the worst for sure. Got up in the morning, and was able to walk just fine, and even the swelling in the ankle was gone. Could the clot have been trying to dissolve?
Then on top of it it felt like I had a gallbladder attack or something.
Everything just felt better in the morning. Now I have to go for a gallbladder ultrasound on top of all this.
All the responses make me feel normal. I start feeling like I am nuts with all of this.

I don't know what your pain might be, but I do know from past attacks of phlebitis that when the vein has been closed and then blood flows through again (this is a superficial vein that I had it occur in), it feels like someone poured a hot kettle down your leg.
Every time I get a weird pain I have this little hopeful thought that maybe something in there is recanalising, although I know in my case this is a bit too optimistic!!

I had Phlebitis, and this was nothing like it. The leg still feels good considering the pain that I get when I have to lift it into the car etc.
I did a lot of walking today, and the leg felt great. I just got home, and I guess I will see if all the walking did anything to it.
I do have a question regarding my warfarin. This stomach problem that is acting like Gallbladder, could it be from the warfarin. I had no attacks today. Like I said so far its been a good day.