I have had a similar problem to which I've asked my vein surgeons. They said that if the pain comes and goes, then not to worry. If the pain is constant however, they said to make an appt to have an ultrasound on the leg. Hope that helps :)

I just went through the same (scary) situation. After a plane trip to California, 2 weeks off of Warfarin, I thought I had a problem in the same leg that was affected by the DVT. Not as much pain, no swelling, no more warmth than usual (I'm like you), but still.......After worrying for 4 days, I finally called my dr., who promptly made an ultrasound appointment for me that same afternoon. As the radiologist said, why would you not check when it's this easy? I was fortunate that mine was a superficial issue -- one that I've had for a very long time. It's just that it is so much more frightening when you've had one already........If it eases your mind, go get it checked.

I think its worth getting checked out. When I found out I had a DVT I actually didn't have ANY classic symptoms, nothing that anyone is talking about... no swelling, no redness, no pain! I was having weird sensations..I could not put my leg in the swimming pool or walk on the grass because I could nearly count all the blades... definately just intuation. It never hurts to just ease your mind, especially when its something as serious as your own life that you're dealing with.

Get it checked out. 3 weeks ago, that morning I *knew* I had to get my leg checked out, I did get the ultrasound that same day and the dvt (my 2nd) was there, and I was not even remotely surprised. Yet that very morning I had been trying to talk myself out of going.."it doesn't feel *that* bad, I don't want to waste my time, I'll wait to see if it gets better or worse, yadda".

Having said that, here are the telltale symptoms for me, at least with my small sample size of 2 DVTs, YMMV: I don't seem to get the classic signs of swelling, color, warmth. What I do get is a very non-specific ache in the back of the calf. Feels like the day after a wicked calf cramp. So if I get that feeling, and I haven't had a cramp or banged it on anything or any other obvious reason for it, that's the first bad sign. Then if I find that walking around or laying back on a couch or elevating the leg makes it go away, but standing for a few seconds makes it ache in that dull but very present way, that's sign #2. The final sign is if I point my toes as far as they can go towards my chin, sitting down, and really feel it aching more. Add it all up, and again with no other explanation for it, then it's time for me to get it checked out.

But again, get it looked at by the experts and best of luck!

well you just eliminated the most things that would indicate this...the only choice now is to get a ultra sound...sometimes if your lower back hurts can cause water gain in the Calif..that will make it feel this way..i had a p.e.in 2000 and in 2003 had a ultra sound,.,.they found another one..but we think this was the one that was still there from 2000..im on coumadin for life now..the reasons i had the pe were i have 2 negative blood proteins...THERES ALWAYS A RESON WHY THIS HAPPENED..

I've had a dozen or more DVTs that I know of, and countless inflamed superficial veins and throboses and I have my own symptoms nailed fairly good.

For a superficial inflamed vein, I do usually feel a warmth down the red tell-tale line over the vein, but that doesn't always mean that there's a clot. And if there is a clot, of course it could go deep-vein, but hasn't for me. The entire vein is hard, like a chord and warm.

For a deep vein inflamation in my calf, if I flex my foot at the ankle, up and down and feel a slight pulling deep inside my calf, I know it's inflamed, and perhaps clotted. There is no warth to the touch, I think because the inflamation is an inch or two deep into the calf. No red line, just pain or aching and the pull inside when I flex my ankle.

I've sometimes thought I could feel the superficial clots, after ultrasound detection, but can't say for sure what the lumps I felt were. I do believe sometime in the past I've had a superficial-vein thrombosis go deep, but I can't say for sure.

I don't think I've ever had a stroke from any thrombosis, but I sure sound like it don't I? LOL

Sorry, one more important symptom every time is swelling, my feet, ankle and calf during a full-blown DVT may be so swelled it seems the skin might burst sometimes.....

I had a 12-hour each way driving trip over Labor Day (including stopping every hour to walk), and had 2 incidents that seemed to be clots. Both came on very suddenly, were very painful, but no tradional redness, swelling, warmth etc, just pain.
One was in the back of my left calf. On the evening of the day it came on, I was sitting with my leg up with moist heat on it, and I had a sudden intense pain start moving through my knee, then everything felt better. The coumadin clinic wouldn't offer any ideas, just said there wans't anything else they could think of. That was an extremely scary moment, feeling it travel and wondering what would happen next.
The second was in the back of the knee joint on the other leg. Since I was therapeutic, the clinic advised me to wait a few days. I did, and it resolved.
So - you may not have the "typical" signs, but if you suspect it, get it checked. But, I've had others checked the same day and been told I should have waited so it could "show up better".