I’m in my 50s, overweight by about 3 or 4 stones and have been experiencing some pain and discomfort in my left leg.
It first started after I did some long stints at my laptop sitting at my kitchen table. I spent very long bouts just sitting on a hard chair and started to experience a dull nagging pain just above my knee at the back of my leg where the chair dug in. I started putting a cushion down and at first this helped. It’s been a few weeks since I had these long laptop sessions (went on for about 5/6 weeks) but I am still experiencing a sense of what I can only describe as a ‘blockage’. I’ve been ill over Xmas with the virus that is going around where your whole body aches like a bad cold/flu but minus the snot - crashing fatigue etc.. I feel a bit better but the sensation in my leg is still there and yesterday I noticed that this leg looks a bit swollen in the knee and immediately behind the knee a bit up my thigh at the back. I keep feeling the leg and want to massage it away but can’t find a specific point as it feels too deep within my leg. My other half confirms that it looks like I have water retention around the area as it’s bigger but it’s not hard or red like I’ve seen DVT described. I’m also thinking that a clot wouldn’t just hang around for weeks? I should add that I suffer from high blood pressure and take 2 medications for it. I’m also currently waiting for a gallbladder removal.
I have a brother in his 60s who had a bad stroke and another brother a bit younger who’s just had a TIA from a clot that they think originated within his heart.
I’m awake in the small hours fretting and am wondering whether I would be completely wasting everyone’s time by going along to A&E? Might it just be a trapped nerve? I’m not in agony and can walk fine enough (though a bit more slowly than normal because I’m so knackered still.)
Anyone care to advise?!