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DVT - Terrified!

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TheWorminLabyrinth · 09/01/2025 10:02

Hi all,

I started a thread in December, I don't know how to link - it was in Chat, asking about possibility of DVT in the shin.

Anyway...I went to A&E last night after it just wouldn't resolve and I panicked myself into a total state - lo and behold I almost certainly have a DVT. Started on apixaban straightaway and back today for an ultrasound to confirm. D-Dimer was raised and doc says 'yes you have a clot'. I'm TERRIFIED. Could hardly sleep last night. Feel scared to move, walk, anything. Feel like any second now it will decide to break off and i'll be on the floor dead. Talk me down PLEASE Sad

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murasaki · 09/01/2025 10:26

It's 3 letters that immediately make you think the worst and catastrophise, but eminently fixable.

murasaki · 09/01/2025 10:25

Presumably as it was only one, and in your shin, that can be done. The medication can break it down by itself. They needed to check mine to see if they needed to use another method (luckily not, the tablets would do it) but it sounds like yours is quite small, which is good news! They know what they're doing. Did they say to raise the leg when you.sleep? I bought a inflatable cushion from amazon for that, shaped like a ramp, surprisingly comfy.

All will be well.

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TheWorminLabyrinth · 09/01/2025 10:21

I'm told i'll be treated as an outpatient, just have to go back for this ultrasound to confirm and then continue the apixaban once confirmed. I was panicking last night as i'm the sole carer for my disabled husband and I was telling the doctor oh you can't admit me! He said, oh this is usually an outpatient thing. Does that sound right?

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murasaki · 09/01/2025 10:15

I bet. The early hours of the morning are the worst for worry. I was lucky in that I went in mid morning after the gp sent me right there, and my partner took me. I've never appreciated having a gobby northerner so much, I felt I needed someone to advocate for me as I was a mess. Do you have anyone you can call? I was in for 3 days so be prepared for that and you'll probably need some things brought in.

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TheWorminLabyrinth · 09/01/2025 10:12

Oh thank you for replying. Glad to hear you are doing OK now.

I was a wreck in A&E last night. Half 3 in the morning, alone, terrified. Spent 20 minutes lieing in bed this morning too afraid to move.

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murasaki · 09/01/2025 10:08

I've been there, two in my thigh.. it's terrifying, but you're in the right place, on medication and you will be fine. Mine was 4 years ago, j take one blood thinner per day, have blood tests yearly for that, and feel no different to how i did before. I was a snivelling wreck in the hospital and I never really cry at anything. It's OK to be scared and to let it out, but it will be OK.

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