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Old 10-28-20, 10:11 AM
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Maybe. Get the ultrasound as DVT is very possible. You are getting it today, yes?
In less than an hour. My mom developed DVT in one of her legs about 10 years ago and was hospitalized for a period of time, I sincerely hope this doesn't go in that direction.
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Not sure what @badger1 experienced, but for me I had relatively sudden onset. I woke up with what felt like a charlie horse in my left calf, but I stretched and wrote it off as sleeping on it funny. I ended up hopping on the trainer after work yesterday and within a minute or two my left calf felt as if it were cramping, and after touching it it became clear it was swollen and hard. I looked at it in the mirror and it was reddish and visibly larger than my other calf. I rested overnight and it felt ok this morning but of course I tried riding again and it became immediately swollen and quite painful, so I've been icing it since.

I sincerely hope it's some sort of muscle issue rather than DVT, but you never know.
I hope so too! My symptoms (and initial response) were somewhat similar: woken up around 3 a.m. by what felt, quite literally, as though someone had stuck a knife in my right calf and was twisting it round. No stretching etc. would make it go away. Could barely walk. I stupidly toughed it out for a day before going into Emerg., where I was examined, immediately given an ultrasound, diagnosed and started on large-dose Fragmin injections. Within a couple of days the intense pain was subsiding. Clot is long gone now. I have quite severe residual scarring that gives me a bit of grief off and on, but nothing unbearable. That residual thing is not a necessary outcome, by the way, or so I'm told. Mine was the result of other medical things getting in the way of and slowing down treatment of the DVT itself.

At any rate, all the best to you with this, and hope things soon take a turn for the better generally!
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Adam Sandler movie being filmed around the corner from my office. Chances of me ever seeing it are low.
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Well I'll tell you what, cowpokes, we have 200% post hurricane humidity the likes of which I haven't experienced in awhile. I had to put a skullcap on just to keep the cascades off my glasses. Putting screws in their previous holes with a drill driver. Not a sweat inducing activity.
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All the best to Dan333SP And datlas too.
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We will spend the morning putting the roof back together. Specifically the solar water heater. We are both in need of a shower and a cold shower at 70° is not something we look forward to.
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Adam Sandler movie being filmed around the corner from my office. Chances of me ever seeing it are low.
Maybe you could get a 'salty pretzels' type line, if you were to sidle up.
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Maybe you could get a 'salty pretzels' type line, if you were to sidle up.
​​​indyfabz a sidler??
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Originally Posted by Dan333SP
In less than an hour. My mom developed DVT in one of her legs about 10 years ago and was hospitalized for a period of time, I sincerely hope this doesn't go in that direction.
I hope not too. Good luck at the doctor!
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For Day 12 and UP 4012, we are back to a locomotive that survived the torch, and is even getting some more TLC at Steamtown National Historic Site as I write this. Here is one of the most epic pictures of the Big Boys in service that I know of.
"Westbound freight train, fine smoke & steam effect; 45 cars, 40 MPH. Photographed: at Riview, Wyo., November 29, 1941." Otto C. Perry collection once again, Denver Public Library.
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I mean just in these past 2 days my grandma also passed and my (separated) wife's father had a massive heart attack, so it's been a lot to deal with on top of having to take unpaid leave from work because of Covid. 2020 is not my favorite year.
Dude! Take care!
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Strava says Trsnrtr is riding in the Volunteer State but not in the proper part.

Missed opportunity.
I’m in Illinois now, so all is well and safer according to the rolling COVID positivity rate.
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Where is Steamtown?
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I mean just in these past 2 days my grandma also passed and my (separated) wife's father had a massive heart attack, so it's been a lot to deal with on top of having to take unpaid leave from work because of Covid. 2020 is not my favorite year.
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I’m in Illinois now, so all is well and safer according to the rolling COVID positivity rate.
Are you ever going to go cycling in realer (East) TN?
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What kind of animal would withhold paid leave for Covid?!!
I'm all ears in case someone cares to explain it to me.
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Wow. Ultrasound showed a large clot in my left femoral vein from above my knee all the way to my foot, so it was exactly what I suspected/feared. I guess I'm getting good at this self-diagnostics game. Doc sent me home and I'll have to get some bloodwork done before going on whatever the blood thinner of choice is theses days. Does this get me an automatic pass to the C&V forum with all these health issues?

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Wow. Ultrasound showed a large clot in my left femoral artery from above my knee all the way to my foot
WOW! Indeed. I believe "large" is an understatement.
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Originally Posted by seedsbelize
What kind of animal would withhold paid leave for Covid?!!
I'm all ears in case someone cares to explain it to me.
Fun story... a relief bill passed Congress during the early days of the pandemic that required employers to pay 2 additional weeks of sick leave for employees who contract the virus... but this rule only applied to companies with 500 or fewer employees. My company has about 6,000. The logic was that large employers already have "excellent" paid leave policies so they shouldn't be required by the government to incur additional costs.

Unfortunately, we also have a toddler, so when the pandemic started I ended up burning through a lot of my paid leave/sick time just dealing with childcare issues and a stomach bug. By the time I got Covid myself, I only had 3 or 4 days of time off left for the year, and since I had to quarantine alone with my daughter, I wasn't able to work for 2 weeks while watching her, even though I felt well enough to do my job after just a few days of the illness.

Thank you, corporate lobbyists, for ensuring the profitability of my employer was protected during these challenging times!
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Originally Posted by Dan333SP
Wow. Ultrasound showed a large clot in my left femoral artery from above my knee all the way to my foot, so it was exactly what I suspected/feared. I guess I'm getting good at this self-diagnostics game. Doc sent me home and I'll have to get some bloodwork done before going on whatever the blood thinner of choice is theses days. Does this get me an automatic pass to the C&V Fifty Plus forum with all these health issues?
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since I had to quarantine alone with my daughter, I wasn't able to work for 2 weeks while watching her
I should note that she (14 months old) never displayed any symptoms and tested negative twice, so I guess there is truth to the virus being gentle on the very young.
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Originally Posted by Dan333SP
Wow. Ultrasound showed a large clot in my left femoral artery from above my knee all the way to my foot, so it was exactly what I suspected/feared. I guess I'm getting good at this self-diagnostics game. Doc sent me home and I'll have to get some bloodwork done before going on whatever the blood thinner of choice is theses days. Does this get me an automatic pass to the C&V forum with all these health issues?
I hope you mean femoral VEIN not artery. An arterial clot is really bad.

If you have good insurance you can take Xarelto or Eliquis.
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I just came from the Touring forum. I was the only one in there, but still kept my mask on.
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Originally Posted by datlas
I hope you mean femoral VEIN not artery. An arterial clot is really bad.

If you have good insurance you can take Xarelto or Eliquis.
Yes! Whichever was less concerning for my doctor.

I do have good insurance fortunately so I think I'll be getting a script for xarelto.
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