Hi deerua, sorry to hear about your concerns and I definitely don't have an answer other than if you feel you should see the doctor it doesn't hurt.

I am responding though bc 7 weeks ago I was diagnosed with a dvt in the calf and pe's. Since about a month ago I have had off and on pain in the groin area. The pain isn't severe and doesn't hurt when I walk and it can be there for a bit and gone for days at a time. I asked the dr and she said this was normal when healing from a clotting episode. I still find it weird though since the pain is in the groin area and the clot was in the calf. Since you've experienced a clot in your groin maybe you can shed some light as to whether I should push the doctor more on this or not.

Hope we both can get some support and advice for the concerns. Stay strong!!

Hi Dee,


Do go talk to your doctor.
You need that reassurance.

Hi Dee,
Have you been checked for May-Thurner syndrome? If I were you I would talk to the dr about it. If I remember correctly, you were not treated good by your drs to begin with, they need to pay attention! This has been going on too long for you.

I also had the iliac-femoral (and many more veins) dvt and I still have pain in my groin 6 months later. I don't have the tenderness in my pelvic area though.

Good luck in getting answers. I hope everything is okay, let us know how you make out.

I've had several DVT's in the last three years but no one has ever told me the medical names of where they were located. What kind of doctor do you go to find out that information?

It was my neurologist who asked me wouldn't I like to know why I get clots and had the blood tests done that show I have Lupus Anticoagulant. No other doctor (family, pulmonolodist, etc.) seems to care.

Thank you.

Rosie, I found the same thing, my doctors would not give me the information on my dvts, it was top secret information. I requested copies of my reports from the vascular dr. I imagine all of your drs have copies of your records regarding the dvts so perhaps you could start with one of them. It's your right to know and your right to obtain copies of your records.

Thanks for all of your replies. I went to the doctor, and she thinks that its hard to tell; that this could all be a result of the blood clot, (particularly due to its location), which will dissolve as I am on anticoags. However she gave me something to take and told me to come back to her if the symptoms don't subside and she will refer me to a gastro-enterologist. I did mention to her about May thurner syndrome and she didn't know what it was. (But she is my GP not a vascular specialist).

Rosie, if you want to get more information about your scans and results you should be able to request your files. I found the same thing and I requested my files nearly 2 months ago...still waiting to receive them...

I have pelvic tenderness and a sort of bloated appearance, and it's from collateral veins in my pelvis and belly, which go from my left leg to my right groin, in order to bypass the left groin which is clotted solid.
They saw these on duplex ultrasound - this pelvic congestion can apparently also cause other side effects like excessive sweating in the groins and - ahem - swelling of 'other places' - if you understand my attempts to put this delicately! And it can make the unaffected leg swell or get varicose veins, because the pressure in that leg increases.
There doesn't seem to be a solution to the problem, if this is the cause of your tenderness - all you can do is think that without these veins, your leg would be enormous and blue, like mine was before the veins took over!!
(It's amazing how much we learn, from having an illness that the doctors don't all seem to understand - if you'd asked me 4 months ago anything about MTS or DVT, I'd have looked completely blank!!!)

Thanks Scattybat for your reply, at least I know it's a 'normal' enough reaction with having a blood clot now, and it is amazing how much we learn from this...I'm embarrassed to admit I only had a vague notion of what a blood clot was before all of this!! :) I'm happy to say I'm feeling much better now too :)