Yesterday started like any other day. However it soon took a turn. I noticed around noon that my right ankle was really starting to hurt and hurt badly. I had not twisted it. I had not done anything to hurt it. It just started hurting. By about three o'clock it was becoming unbearable, so I took some Tylenol. That helped some. Around five my wife and sons went to help out a friend and I stayed home. By six o'clock I called her and said I am going to the ER. The ankle was swelled up and the pain was killing me. I had also done the stupid thing and looked up the symptoms on the internet and of course found that my problem might kill me. Literally. It turns out my new meds can cause deep vein thrombosis (blood clots). My mother died of DVT 16 years ago so that set the wheels of my mind spinning!
Question...Have you ever gone to the ER for something? Anything? What did it do once you got there? It went away didn't it?! My ankle pain mysteriously disappeared! The swelling stayed, butthe pain got a hundred times better! The pain in my pocket would not get any better I guarantee you!
When all was said and done I was diagnosed with severe arthritis in the ankle, so it isn't like it was a phantom pain. It just wasn't a DVT. Thank goodness! (I tend to panic.) I will probably panic again when the bill for the visit comes in.
