Leg pain!!

I am 13 DPO and have very few problems during my recovery. I wore my stockings for 7 days after my surgery but last night when I was lying in bed my left leg was in agony all night, it felt like cramp or as if I had a really tight elastic band around my leg cutting off my blood supply. This feeling continued for about 6 hours so I did not sleep at all, I started panicking and googling about DVT but I don’t know if I am being dramatic or not! Has anyone else experienced something like this? It literally may have just been cramp because I feel fine now but I don’t ever get cramp so I’m unsure about what to do! xx

Hey hun I’m 8 months post op and I had this issue too. I had a suspected blood clot in my chest two yrs prior to my Ba so I was being monitored for this.

I saw my surgeon day 7 post op after I had contacted the nurses who had forwarded the message. My surgeon was really concerned and prescribed me some pills which helped to stop the pain and sort my blood out as I had lots of pain in one. What she gave me was something I was given before I went on the pill to ease my blood flow and pain as my periods are really heavy. U can now get this over the counter in boots but u can’t have it if ur on the pill. Tbh ur GP or surgeon is the best person to see if u need this pill.

Get moving around to help ur circulation ie. Gentle walking and contact ur GP or nurse at the clinic to get checked over
Avoid wearing skinny jeans too I made the mistake of wearing them and my surgeon went nuts

Hope that helps fxxx

@fran32 thank you soo much this helps a lot!! I will definitely contact them! did you have the pain often like on and off or was it constant? I wore skinny jeans last night to a meal so maybe that is why I suffered on the night!! xxx

Hey hun ur welcome Yeh I pretty much wore skinny jeans from around day 5-6 I was tired of wearing my onesie or joggers.

It was like a dull pain that would be on and off amd just felt uncomfortable. I think I even slept with the pained leg propped up with a pillow underneath.

My surgeon gave me loads more pairs of the socks and made me wear my socks for another week or so amd told me to move my legs about a bit more. But she went absolutely nuts over my jeans I nearly cried!

Hope it improves soon hun and just try the out of hours line /email to see the nurse/ get them to forward onto ur surgeon.

Fxxx

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