Hi my Hubby has been diagnosed with a blood clot in his calf 3 weeks ago. He was taken to St Georges Tooting and after a couple of days and tests he has been sent home with pain killers, Artovastatin, rivaroxaban.
He has since been told he has high chloresterol and a form of diabetes but that could be cause by the clot.
He is in so much pain and spending most nights awake through pain. When he asked the doctors, he was advised to sleep in a chair. He is still like this 3 weeks later, lack of sleep and full time job and there does not seem to be much help so I am worried.. any advice please
I keep checking his feet as when he went in it was dusky through lack of blood but the colour has come back x the codeine and paracetamol do not seem to help him overcome the pain.
I think I am getting on his nerves and it has not helped he has had to quit smoking
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I am presuming that he is on the emergency dose of rivaroxiban. I suffered an unprovoked DVT in my calf in 2019 , it is very painful and with the pressure it feels like your veins are going to pop. It will eventually get better. He should be on the rivaroxiban for at least 3 months after the initial emergency dose. Unfortunately it caused a lot of damage to my veins and have had several procedures and operations since. I’m now on rivaroxiban for life as I’ve had other DVT ‘S and SVT’S since then.
Hi Buddy he is on 15mg of rivaroxiban and then going up to 20mg x I wondered if the tablets were causing the pain but I guess the DVT is.He is in a lot of pain and having to get up most nights. I said to him that all the cases I can't imagine their Doctors have not suggested sleeping in a chair.
I have ordered him compression socks today so that may help hopefully
Thank you for taking the time to reply. It means a lot as been so worried
Is he wearing a compression sock or stocking on his leg during the day? This helped a lot with the pain when I had my DVT. I also had an IPC device on at night when I was in hospital, which helped too. I was always told to sleep with my leg elevated a bit over my heart at the beginning so not sure why he was advised to sleep in a chair. The pain subsided after about three months, so it does get better. In my case I had further complications so still wearing compression stockings and on apixaban for life.
Thank you so much for replying. I am going mad because nobody seems to give us any good advice from the Doctors.It is crazy you are expected to live with this pain and still function normally.
I have passed your message on to him ( even though we live together) I have screenshot it as he says I am nagging him....I call it caring about him ha ha
be careful with compression socks. You are better off being measured and getting the correct medical grade compression socks. Your gp should able to help with that.
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