So how many medical threads have i started this past few weeks? I must sound like a total invaalid! And I’ve felt like one…it’s been a bad month. (Did imention MYHOUSE BURNED DOWN!!! I’m going to use that line for a while.
Anyway I will start with the same disclamer so this might stay open : IAM UNDER A DOCTOR’S CARE. I am seenin him in a few days. So this is more generla opinion/personal experience/something i can talke to me doctor about thread.
Anyway, i seem (in addition to my other problems, yes i do feel like i’m falling apart this month…but i intend to fix myself!!!) n i have endema. As in my ankles have goten all swollen.
But here’s my real question…they both did but then one went back to normal. Now i have ONE swollew ankle Just one.
Not badly. It doesn’t hurt, or stop me from walkinf. It’s barely noticiable. But there it is.
And I looked endema up and i got everything from “maybe you should lose a little weight” to “YOU ARE ABOUT TO DIE”
Obviously what i need to talk to my doctor about.
But in the mean time…I just don’t get it…why would i have ONE swollen ankle and one that healed just like that?
Anyway that’s my question…in genral, about endema or my particular weirdnes (ONE swollen ankle?) So i’d appreciate any thoughts…(and yes i will also take this up with my doctor)
Errr…maybe. I mean swollen limbs…in this case ankles. Which from what I’ve read can be very seriour or not very serious at all. (And in this case ONE swollen ankle which is what is confusing me).
Anyway, can someone fix my title? Did I mention I can’t spell? And that I’m on medication? Because I’m having a bad month? Because MY HOUSE BURNED DOWN??? (And no i’m not above flogging that line even for spelling mistakes, i have no shame.Maybe there’s a pill for that.)
I’m not an MD, but I suggest you go see one, really soon. There are quite a few reasons for your ankles to swell up without an injury. Not many of them are harmless, and some are quite dangerous. If you were in my family, I’d drag you to the doctor myself.
I apologize for sounding pushy, but I’m concerned. God forbid it’s that thing Richard Nixon had, that, uh, flea bites thing. There are two systems for draining fluid out of your legs; veins and the lymph system. Something’s not working right.
I hate to be an internet ninny, but please go to the ER. Now. Either your edema is worse than you think and your fingers are also swollen, or you may also be having some mental confusion that’s not apparent to you. I think your OP is more than typo-ridden, I fear it might be evidence of somerthing not being OK. It’s really incoherent.
Also, asymmetry in symptons is almost always more serious than symmetry. That is, one swollen ankle is more worrisome than two swollen ankles. I don’t think you should wait even a day for a doctor, much less several.
Yeah, you should defnitely mention it to the doctor. But it could be totally minor. There’s a panicked thread I started a couple of years ago about it when I first started noticing it (I had gained ten pounds in a day thorugh water retention). Anyway, got checked out by the doc (totally healthy). Evidently, I get idiopathic edema which basically means they don’t know why my legs swell but it’s not uncommon is pre-menopausal women. Mine’s not severe enough to do anything major about it, I just get annoyed at how plump my calves look (especially the right one which is worse). I have noticed wearing heels seems to keep my legs from swelling as much.
Thanks for your concern Why Not. And probably warrented to some extent. But most of the house is still there…we hope to move back in a few moths.
And as for my OP…you’re right. And several people have commentented on it recently. But i’m on medication. Partially due to the fire. And i think it’s a bit much. Something else i need to talk to my MD about. i’ve been taking less…because that can’t be good, can it? Like i said people have commented and i didn’t even realize…my thinking seems to be (i think) ok but my speach and writing…welll its kind of scary. i didn’t evwen realize how bad it was.(And yes i talked to him about thaT too and said i should i should redudewhat i was taking and switiching to something else.and than go on to a better drug…hopefully that’st the right thing.
Beyond that…thank You all for your response…althoguh i’m still confused. Still seems to be “could be nother…or at least you need to lose weight” :To Y"ou will die any minute: rather confusing. ,but WILL ask my doctor.
Anyway anthig other experiences would be appprecciacatied.
Thanks for your concern Why Not. And probably warrented to some extent. But most of the house is still there…we hope to move back in a few moths.