Today was much better than yesterday emotionally. Meditated, was generous with the self compassion, and took everything a bit slower than normal.
Physically I'm doing the 1 step forward 5 steps back routine. This was to be my first day of PT. I got to PT, my therapist began asking about my pain level, looked at range of motion etc. but when I complained that my calf was hurting way more than my knee he scooted me off to have an ultrasound of my calf to rule out a DVT (blood clot). The doctor's office told me that if the ultrasound was negative (i.e.: no clot) they'd send me home but if they needed to "talk to the doctor" that would be an indication that something's up and I'd probably be admitted to the hospital.
The ultrasound was negative - well, at least the tech who did the study said I had no clot - and I left. Carla and I had lunch and came back to Mary's. I had a shower (a major undertaking for me at this point) and felt fine (as fine as I'm going to feel at this point). Later on in the afternoon/evening my right leg was feeling hot and I noticed a divot on my shin. I poked at it and noticed that I had +3 pitting edema. Hmmmmmmm. Google signs of DVT and you'll come up with calf pain, heat, swelling, pitting edema. Hmmmmmm. Time for a call to the doctor. In the mean time Mary gave me an aspirin. When the doctor called back he said to take an aspirin (check), put on compression socks and elevate my leg and call my doctor tomorrow. So - I'm in bed; leg is elevated (but not too high); I have compression socks on and I'll call the doctor tomorrow.
now to get a good night's sleep.................
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