How coincidental! I just uploaded a link (I don't like pushing others to read articles) that is medication "symptom" related. Then I just opened yours.
I spent 10 years on Coumadin (because of a lengthy DVT after having 2 surgeries within 2 weeks in 1995 and the neurosurgeon letting me go home without being on a baby aspirin or Coumadin for just a little while with me being a quad and not moving around much). After I got home from the hospital it was not long before one of my legs was a lot bigger than the other as well as harder. It was 1995 that I got on the net and I was really concerned about my one leg. I called the neurosurgeon about it and he said that it was probably just swelling (not even considering a blood clot being present... let alone a life-threatening one). It did not go away and I called again and the resident I spoke with told me to go to my local PCP (the neurosurgeon was five hours away) and to eliminate the possibility of having a DVT. That night I looked up (that was the only thing I knew how to do when I first got on the net) "One leg is bigger than the other" and just one article popped up written by a female neurologist in Washington (I was in New York state) who was interested in working with people with MS and spinal cord injuries. It was then that I learned about the possibility of the DVT. I went to my doctor the next day and evening he doubted that I had a deep vein thrombosis (a blood clot in the leg that can break loose and go to your lungs and kill you immediately) but he would send me over to the hospital and have a sonogram done. Needless to say... I never went home. I had to stay a week on IV blood thinners until it was safe to go back home. After meeting my husband, and after 10 years went by and with all his medical knowledge, he thought I would be okay on a baby aspirin once a day. His reasoning was that even though Coumadin has only a small amount of rat poisoning ... it can easily build up in the bones and since I was still young (in my late 30s at the time I think) it would be better if I stopped taking it. We consulted my current PCP here in Arizona (who didn't know much) but didn't care and I have not been on Coumadin since 2005. However, now I am concerned about the amount of lower extremity edema that I have had since moving here. It goes away when I am in bed so it is definitely gravity related but I have other concerns. Great news for you Danny and that is really cool what you are able to feel now! I am guessing that it has continued? You being able to feel? On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 2:11 PM, Danny Espinoza <[email protected]> wrote: > I just spent 2 weeks in the hospital because of a reaction to coumadin > that was causing me to swell and eventually an infection “the reason I went > along with bad spasms” The spasms were so bad it was causing my diaphragm > to spasm and me to not breathe “I coded twice”. While in the hospital I had > a miracle! My feet were touching the end of the bed and I realized I could > feel temperature!!!!!!! My family even covered my eyes and I was able to > guess which foot they were squeezing! I’ve been dealing with the swelling > for years but a few years ago I started getting these ½ dime sized red > circles come to find out its rare but happens after prolonged use of > coumadin “the swelling”. I dropped 35’bs in the hospital. > *Those of you on coumadin keep an eye out for this.* > Anyways just wanted to share my recent miracle and a warning on coumadin > -Danny > -- "Petting, scratching and cuddling a dog could be soothing to the mind and heart and deep meditation and almost as good for the soul as prayer." ~Dean Koontz
