Right now both of my feet and ankles have been swollen for nearly a week....and off and on for a year since all IV's stopped..
I went to this older dermatologist as I was getting sores from the scratching as it also Itched!! HE said I had "stasis dermatitis/eczema" That was nearly a year ago and he immediately put me on antibiotics, gave me a certain cream for ankles and itch& sores , and added another diurectic to the one I had always taken daily.
This week I have been swollen and in severe PAIN.. in ankles legs and even ribs--my chest!! I was almost about to call the AMBULANCE ! My husband gets mad at me --hoping he will take me to get tests Monday..
I have been in so much PAIN!! I even had pain pills...but I think I waited til the pain was too severe, then I'd take one..and that is not the thing for ME to do. I threw things into a bag.. could hardly think the PAIN was THAT BAD!! Today I was a bit better.. I found a LASIX-stronger diurectic which I took, and I took the pain pill ahead of the pain..and began Keflex..PLUS I found the Cream to put on my ankles which do not have as many sores as before --yet!! But the skin around my ankles feels thick.
I think if I do not get to an MD...for a ultrasound to check to see if I have blood clots..or if I do not MOVE my legs, ankles and feet-- I may croak!! and nothing TIGHT on ankles or legs, please.. I am too bad off or beyond that point. NOW,... I am even HOLDING MY CHEST--the pain is under my ribs, too-could be MY HEART!!
What is this ____??? It starts like lymphedema in the ankles , but goes far beyond THAT!! I know the weekend is not a good time to be admitted into a hospital so I treated myself.. but (OH MY --IT IS AM) I will call my GP MD.. for tests.asap/after a bit of sleep.
(go to
www.medlineplus.gov) for some of these conditions.. lyphedema, DVT, Venous Insuffiencey, and Congestive HEART failure. I will tell my GP. or some MD.
I know that HERCEPTIN's bad side effect is that it can attach to your heart muscle...slowing things down. My left ventricle output was never up to par.. but the ONC kep the HERCEPTIN FLOWING... I had to be put on lasix then.. and he wouldn't give me 1 pain pill--said I had no evidence of Cancer... I WAS IN PAIN AND WENT to my GP!!
>>IS THERE A NURSE ON BOARD???<<<?? Anyway...if I am sitting or standing still, not moving-- my ankles and feet are lots worse----like on this computer!!
Holding them up, or walking for circulation helps a whole lot !!
I read on the lymph..site that a 2nd cancer can occur..... ANY OF YOU HAD SYMPTOMS like ME ??? HEART heart also...?? RSVP Kat in the delta
SWELLING of ankles-both sides- after a masectomy--3yrs after you had surgery, er+, pr-, i stopped the tamoxifen as I was afraid.. am postmenapausal but bad bones-54yrs old now- 105 lbs.. ANY SUGGESTIONS ON what type of TESTS my GP md could run on me??
RSVP= Kat in the delta
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