All 8 pounds 12 ounces of her, which I thought was small since
Brady was a whopping 9 pounds 7 ounces. But,
the pain did not go away. Not one bit. For her entire first year between
ignoring it, exhaustion and life, I just never dealt with my right leg. It hurt but so many things hurt, mentally and
physically, that I just didn't have the strength to deal with my leg. I thought it was me being out of shape and my
body adjusting to no longer carrying a baby and maybe getting older.
But this summer, I got to a point where playing at the park
with Brady was becoming hard to do without pain. So, I took the referral I had for over a year
in my wallet and made an appointment. I met with a doctor who used to be in my
OB practice and switched to vascular medicine after starting a family of her
own. The news was not great. Most of the
valves in my large and small saphenous veins in my right leg were
collapsed. The blood was pooling around
my knee causing the pain and the bulging in the back of my leg. The swelling was getting worse. I was so sore that I wasn't sleeping through the night because my leg ached and I had to prop it up
when I was cooking dinner or watching tv at night just to try to control the aching.
I needed to have a series of procedures to remedy the pain
with actually no guarantee that they would work.
I waited until it was cold to schedule them since I knew my leg would
not look great and I would need to wear a compression stocking. My fear got the best of me the first time I
scheduled the appointments so I cancelled two days before they were supposed to happen. And I rescheduled for November. I
knew this needed to happen. And two
procedures later I am so hoping I am done because the thought of the needles
and lasers haunt me. The original pain
is gone. That is good news. The recovery
has been far harder than I thought. This
is bad news.
And my leg well it is not looking so good…but here’s to
hoping I can play at the park, maybe run a half marathon and be pain free.
Oh friend. I hope you get some relief soon.
ReplyDeleteOK...first of all...I feel like a big jerk because I haven't even been to your blog since the redesign. I LOVE IT!
ReplyDeleteSecond, I'm happy to hear you're on the road to relief/recovery with your leg. I hope you're able to run that pain-free half marathon sooner as opposed to later.
Oh my goodness. I'm so sad. But I hope that this gets you going quickly! I saw the pic of you and Kate on FB and ahhh I just love seeing it.
ReplyDeleteOh goodness! That looks so painful! I hope you get some relief soon!
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