# Foot injury - advice? {It’s a blood clot} **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 27, 2022, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foot-injury-advice-it-s-a-blood-clot/970446 "2022-08-27T20:08:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2022, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foot-injury-advice-it-s-a-blood-clot/970446/61 "2022-08-29T23:05:19Z")
And no air travel, Could kill me ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2022, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foot-injury-advice-it-s-a-blood-clot/970446/62 "2022-08-29T23:09:00Z")
Great was supposed to go to Thailand next week ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2022, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foot-injury-advice-it-s-a-blood-clot/970446/63 "2022-08-29T23:10:24Z")
And stay well hydrated, no smoking or alcohol, don’t cross your legs and move around. You don’t want to throw an embolus to your lungs. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2022, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foot-injury-advice-it-s-a-blood-clot/970446/64 "2022-08-29T23:14:14Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > Great was supposed to go to Thailand next week - That sucks big time, but look at it this way: discovering the clot now probably saved your life. Thank goodness it was so incredibly painful that you couldn’t overlook it. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2022, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foot-injury-advice-it-s-a-blood-clot/970446/65 "2022-08-29T23:15:44Z")
> [@Tibby](#): > > don’t cross your legs and move around. Do you mean “don’t cross your legs and don’t move around, or” don’t cross your legs but do move around"? ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2022, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foot-injury-advice-it-s-a-blood-clot/970446/66 "2022-08-29T23:16:49Z")
I worded that badly. Do move around. Keep the circulation moving. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foot-injury-advice-it-s-a-blood-clot/970446/67 "2022-08-30T01:36:10Z")
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**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foot-injury-advice-it-s-a-blood-clot/970446/68 "2022-08-30T01:37:22Z")
Wow! Yeah, that’s not something to fool around with. Keep us posted on how you’re doing. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foot-injury-advice-it-s-a-blood-clot/970446/69 "2022-08-30T02:05:01Z")
It’s great to have a diagnosis. Don’t be like me, follow the doctor’s instructions. Hope it’s all better for you soon. It sucks to have problems with the legs, knees, ankles, and feet. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foot-injury-advice-it-s-a-blood-clot/970446/70 "2022-08-30T11:19:07Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > It’s a blood clot. Just spoke with the doc. Holy shit. Yikes! Glad you found out. The good news is that clots are usually very treatable. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foot-injury-advice-it-s-a-blood-clot/970446/71 "2022-08-30T13:29:16Z")
My father developed several clots after an extended hospital stay at the end of last year. He was put on blood thinners and had a filter placed into some blood vessel in case one of them broke loose. I think the filter decision was based on where the clots were, and the relative risks, so it may not be relevant to your situation. In any case, he hates surgery and needles and says that procedure was fairly minor. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foot-injury-advice-it-s-a-blood-clot/970446/72 "2022-08-30T18:16:18Z")
Not sure how to handle this with work. Do I need to take a LOA? The pain goes back and forth from manageable to un-fing-believable. I’m currently on part 2 of that cycle. A little worried about losing my job, I had to take a LOA in 2018 for cancer surgery, and there were repercussions [IMO](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talking-to-hr-bad-idea/955965). ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foot-injury-advice-it-s-a-blood-clot/970446/73 "2022-08-30T18:48:41Z")
I would get a note from your doc explaining that you have a potentially life-threatening condition if not properly treated and include the anticipated time off needed, if any. Then give the note to your boss. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foot-injury-advice-it-s-a-blood-clot/970446/74 "2022-08-30T18:51:11Z")
I don’t have a physician, I moved to this area recentish. I have urgent care. Part of the process of caring for my DVT is that I need to find a doctor to care for me over the next couple of months and monitor my clot. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foot-injury-advice-it-s-a-blood-clot/970446/75 "2022-08-30T19:02:04Z")
Until you find a PCP (or board certified vascular specialist) the urgent care physician can provide you with a note. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foot-injury-advice-it-s-a-blood-clot/970446/76 "2022-08-30T19:16:17Z")
Well, let me rephrase - how much time should I _need_ from work? I’m a software engineer, not a bricklayer. I plan to attend a couple of meetings this afternoon, but really for appearances. There was a team lunch (going on right now!) that I couldn’t attend because it’s an hour away and I can’t drive. I’ve never met any of my team. This isn’t a good look. I’m am in so much pain, I’m still deciding what I can even do. Even buying groceries. I’m catching hints my manager has had it with my shit, which seems awfully unfair but I’m not her. I’ve moved my workspace into an upstairs bedroom since I can’t really climb stairs easily. But my big iron is in my downstairs office and I kind of of need it. I had planned a two week vacation overseas, which is obviously toast now. So my team gets that time back when I would have been missing. Still not sure how to manage how or if I can work. 😕 I’m 60 years old and have always striven to be a reliable, utterly reliable person to my employer. And suddenly I’m not, and I got cancer 5 years ago and here we go again. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foot-injury-advice-it-s-a-blood-clot/970446/77 "2022-08-30T19:26:13Z")
I’m a doc, but I’m not _your_ doc. I didn’t take your history, examine you or read your lab results. You may not need any time off or maybe you do—only _your_ doc knows for sure. Call the urgent care facility that diagnosed you and ask their advice. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foot-injury-advice-it-s-a-blood-clot/970446/78 "2022-08-30T19:48:23Z")
In the meantime this PDF brochure may help: > **[dvt-factsheet\_final1210.pdf](https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/dvt/documents/dvt-factsheet_final1210.pdf)** > > 248.56 KB ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foot-injury-advice-it-s-a-blood-clot/970446/79 "2022-08-30T19:57:54Z")
Any advice on compression socks? Are they safe and do they help w pain? I’ve set aside all my selection of braces, at one point they thought I had a chipped bone, but they didn’t help and now I’m afraid they’ll cause the clot to travel. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2022, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foot-injury-advice-it-s-a-blood-clot/970446/80 "2022-08-30T20:03:55Z")
They are safe, but I’m not a doctor, ask yours. No idea about whether they will help with your pain. When my mom had an enormous blood clot she didn’t have any pain. Her doctor did recommend compression socks as well as a lot of blood thinning meds. She was long-since retired, but she could have worked from home starting the day she returned from inpatient IV treatment. I’m guessing you have a clot lodged in a joint, and it’s causing painful swelling around the joint, and blood thinners will help fairly quickly. But I’m a non-doctor guessing based on what you’ve said on the internet. These are all legit questions to ask your doctor. Yes, even the urgent care doctor. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foot-injury-advice-it-s-a-blood-clot/970446.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foot-injury-advice-it-s-a-blood-clot/970446.md?page=5)