My partner is booked in for mitral valve repair in 3 weeks or so. Yesterday he went in for an angiogram, he had a catheter fitted and waited for 5 hours, only to be sent home because they turned out to be too busy with emergencies to carry out the procedure.
The thing is, the site where the catheter was inserted is really quite swollen above the entry point, and very bruised. He says it hurt quite a lot, not during insertion but after about 15 minutes, and remained uncomfortable until it was removed. It's still painful now, and I'm not sure whether the swelling is increasing or not. It's not infection, it's not red or hot. He rang the hospital who advised him to visit the doctor, so he went to the surgery and was seen by a nurse who said 'Hmmm, I'm not sure".
So, anyone had this? Will it just go down on its own? He's on apixaban blood thinners, by the way.