Ahhaaaa! Ladies and Gents- Leg pain when walking? Result!!

[sheenah]

Hello All.

I should have been in Morocco for a couple of weeks at the beginning of April. But, alas, it was not to be. I had an appointment for a Doppla test at my local community hospital on the 25th March. "This will be a breeze" I very wrongly assumed. This test measures your blood pressure in your arms and ankles, and if they are the same, or similar, you do not have arterial disease. The nurse blew a gasket when she did my ankles - started saying words including "by-pass" and "stent" and "no blood pressure". She rang my surgery as I left the building. The Doc rang me and said that I needed to see a vascular surgeon, and forget the holiday. I asked when seeing an aforementioned person would be possible, and she said it would potentially be around the end of May.

Then it was my turn to blow the proverbial gasket. I told her that I wanted a private appointment, which she arranged in a matter of hours, and then even with Easter in between, I saw a consultant surgeon on the 2nd April. He said that I had peripheral vascular disease (PVD) and also known as (PAD). I have to tell you that it cost £180 to see him, but was well worth every penny. He prescribed a blood thinning agent with the terrible name of Clopidogrel, which I shall probably have to take forever. I will eventually(can't afford to go private on that one) have a specialist scan with an injected dye, and if they see any blockages, potentially a stent, but I will post the outcome at a later date.

So if you have pains in your legs when walking - this may be the problem!! Get it checked ASAP!

Love to all

Sheena

[Fruitandnutcase]

Gosh, what a horrible shock for you and such a shame about your lovely holiday. Hopefully your hospital appointment comes up earlier than expected, can your private consultant not hurry things up?

[JumpJiving]

At least you've got to the cause now. Hopefully you can re-book the holiday?

By coincidence, it's already on my list for my GP appointment this week. I doubt I have it, but I have a couple of the common symptoms, including hair loss from my shins/lower legs. I suspect that's down to my thyroid (the outer part of my eyebrows is disappearing as well) and adrenals (which impact just about everything). but PAD is a possibility and easily checked for (surely even my GP knows how to test for that one...).

[sheenah in reply to JumpJiving]

Hello- I think the dopplar (or doppla) test is the standard measure for this.

Sheena x

[FallingInReverse]

What kind of pain in your leg? What did it feel like?

[Lulla]

hi. Thank you for sharing this. I too wanted to ask what kind of leg pain you experienced. Thanks

[sheenah in reply to Lulla]

The link that Blissful just sent says it all - have a read - it says it better than I could and in less words!!

Sheena x

[Blissful]

It sounds like this.

healthline.com/health/inter...

Just for info, I had thigh pain in 2006 (a little while before I started T4 - it persisted for around 6 months and then disappeared - when I started T4 my thigh also had a constant itch).

[sheenah in reply to Blissful]

Thanks for that!!

That is spot on to what I have!!

Sheena x