In which I whine.

[karmaschild]

I'm actually a little scared. What I initially thought was a twisted, swollen ankle from yesterday has become two very swollen feet and lower legs. They hurt a little, they're so swollen and if I bend my toes, the skin pulls scarily tight.

I don't know what to do about it. I don't have a job, money, health insurance. I did a lot of physical stuff today, so maybe it's nothing...

Kind of sitting on the edge of a panic attack.

Comments

[karmaschild]

Hey. I moved to the bed so that my feet weren't hanging down while sitting in a chair, but it hasn't helped much yet.

1. I don't remember hurting my ankle. I just assumed I had because I noticed the right ankle swelling first.
2. Yeah, from the knees down.
3. Nothing out of the ordinary that I can think of. I drank a Gatorade today, which I don't usually, but it doesn't seem like that would make much of a difference.
4. Not that I've noticed. Definitely not to this extreme.
5. Bounces back, if it indents at all. It's really tight.
6. Same temp, as far as I can tell. Maybe a little cooler.
7. The lower part of my shins above my ankles are a little red, but that's about it.
8. Nothing ever diagnosed, but those all run in my family.
9. No medications. I've taken a few Ibuprofen today, that's it.

[forevervolatile.livejournal.com]

[insert health disclaimers here etc etc] So hard when all I have are interwebz and not an actual person/problem to look at! LOL.

I wouldn't worry about the gatorade. If you were doing physical activity you're losing sodium and water through sweat anyway. Your lower extremities being about the same / cooler, and also just a little redness at the ankles is not worrisome. (warm + a lot of red is.)

More Q's: Is it around the time of your monthly visitor? Estrogen/testosterone can cause fluid changes in your body. With BMI above 25 it is also common to see swelling in lower extremities. Are you peeing normally, like as much as usual? (sorry lol, asking someone about pee is like asking someone how their weekend was for me). Also, was the transition from "oh hey my ankle is swollen and hurts" to "oh shiiiiiiiiiii---both my legs are 10 kinds of f*cked now!!!" fast or has it been gradual throughout the day? lol

I'm sorry you don't have $$/job/insurance etc eughhhh that sucks. When the time comes that you do, talk to your physician, especially since it seems there's a strong positive family history of heart problems.

Keep the legs elevated. Like they are flying away from HELLATUS or something.