Pulmonary Embolism Support Group
By far the most common form of pulmonary embolism is a thromboembolism, which occurs when a blood clot, generally a venous thrombus, becomes dislodged from its site of formation and embolizes to the arterial blood supply of one of the lungs. Symptoms may include difficulty breathing, pain during breathing, and more rarely circulatory instability and death.
A topic about bruising was brought up---- I read it but didn't think too much about it because I rarely bruise, only when hitting my hip on a cabinet corner etc.
Now here I sit waiting for Urgent Care to open and a friend to drive me there!
Yesterday while shopping I picked a couple of (for me) heavy items off a lower shelf.
Later in the evening my left hand,wrist, thumb started hurting. Did the cold compress then warm packs. Got a little better but then by bedtime----- ouch.
Woke at 3a.m. with BAD pain that kept me awake----- so I took a vicidin. I managed to get a couple of hours sleep. Now the pain is VERY bad again (I have a high pain tolerance) and waiting to go to urgent care,
The point--- my left hand from just above the wrist down to fingertips is a little blue! OR is it my imagination? Someone mentioned hypervigilance!!!!!!
The first thing I'll tell the doc is that I'm on coumadin----- and to investigate.
Oy vey.
Now here I sit waiting for Urgent Care to open and a friend to drive me there!
Yesterday while shopping I picked a couple of (for me) heavy items off a lower shelf.
Later in the evening my left hand,wrist, thumb started hurting. Did the cold compress then warm packs. Got a little better but then by bedtime----- ouch.
Woke at 3a.m. with BAD pain that kept me awake----- so I took a vicidin. I managed to get a couple of hours sleep. Now the pain is VERY bad again (I have a high pain tolerance) and waiting to go to urgent care,
The point--- my left hand from just above the wrist down to fingertips is a little blue! OR is it my imagination? Someone mentioned hypervigilance!!!!!!
The first thing I'll tell the doc is that I'm on coumadin----- and to investigate.
Oy vey.
The xrays showed a very small area of arthritis between two small bones near my wrist where the pain was centralized, So that was the dx.
I'm not happy with adding more vicodin (except for the relief of pain)---- esp. because of what it might do my INR---- which I'm due to test at home today.
At urgent care my INR was tested and it was well within range but hadn't added more vicodin then.
I'll call my pcp today and see what he says--- if he's in the office,
Fortunately it's my left wrist, Sigh.