Looks like I have phlebitis...

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AnD

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Looks like I have a spot of it on the back of my calf, 2 doctors have told me it sounds like a superficial one, so I am propping it up, taking my advil, have the net stocking with the moist warm compress on it, and will be going to see my clinic doctor in the morning. I had to have him paged tonight, because the "doc in a box" didn't see me until 5:45... and he called me right back and said to drop into clinic tomorrow morning and have him paged, and he will take a look at it, instead of going to the ER tonight to get it ultrasounded (is that a word? lol) like the doc in a box suggested. Which is a load of stress off of me, as my daughter is sick with a fever still today <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif" border="0"> and we would have had to take her to spend the night at a grandparents, not to mention I hate to go to the nasty germy ER downtown at night- scary place...

Please pray this goes away quickly and easily and - at home!
 
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AnD

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Looks like I have a spot of it on the back of my calf, 2 doctors have told me it sounds like a superficial one, so I am propping it up, taking my advil, have the net stocking with the moist warm compress on it, and will be going to see my clinic doctor in the morning. I had to have him paged tonight, because the "doc in a box" didn't see me until 5:45... and he called me right back and said to drop into clinic tomorrow morning and have him paged, and he will take a look at it, instead of going to the ER tonight to get it ultrasounded (is that a word? lol) like the doc in a box suggested. Which is a load of stress off of me, as my daughter is sick with a fever still today <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif" border="0"> and we would have had to take her to spend the night at a grandparents, not to mention I hate to go to the nasty germy ER downtown at night- scary place...

Please pray this goes away quickly and easily and - at home!
 
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AnD

New member
Looks like I have a spot of it on the back of my calf, 2 doctors have told me it sounds like a superficial one, so I am propping it up, taking my advil, have the net stocking with the moist warm compress on it, and will be going to see my clinic doctor in the morning. I had to have him paged tonight, because the "doc in a box" didn't see me until 5:45... and he called me right back and said to drop into clinic tomorrow morning and have him paged, and he will take a look at it, instead of going to the ER tonight to get it ultrasounded (is that a word? lol) like the doc in a box suggested. Which is a load of stress off of me, as my daughter is sick with a fever still today <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif" border="0"> and we would have had to take her to spend the night at a grandparents, not to mention I hate to go to the nasty germy ER downtown at night- scary place...

Please pray this goes away quickly and easily and - at home!
 
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AnD

New member
Looks like I have a spot of it on the back of my calf, 2 doctors have told me it sounds like a superficial one, so I am propping it up, taking my advil, have the net stocking with the moist warm compress on it, and will be going to see my clinic doctor in the morning. I had to have him paged tonight, because the "doc in a box" didn't see me until 5:45... and he called me right back and said to drop into clinic tomorrow morning and have him paged, and he will take a look at it, instead of going to the ER tonight to get it ultrasounded (is that a word? lol) like the doc in a box suggested. Which is a load of stress off of me, as my daughter is sick with a fever still today <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif" border="0"> and we would have had to take her to spend the night at a grandparents, not to mention I hate to go to the nasty germy ER downtown at night- scary place...

Please pray this goes away quickly and easily and - at home!
 
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AnD

New member
Looks like I have a spot of it on the back of my calf, 2 doctors have told me it sounds like a superficial one, so I am propping it up, taking my advil, have the net stocking with the moist warm compress on it, and will be going to see my clinic doctor in the morning. I had to have him paged tonight, because the "doc in a box" didn't see me until 5:45... and he called me right back and said to drop into clinic tomorrow morning and have him paged, and he will take a look at it, instead of going to the ER tonight to get it ultrasounded (is that a word? lol) like the doc in a box suggested. Which is a load of stress off of me, as my daughter is sick with a fever still today <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-sad.gif" border="0"> and we would have had to take her to spend the night at a grandparents, not to mention I hate to go to the nasty germy ER downtown at night- scary place...

Please pray this goes away quickly and easily and - at home!
 
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AnD

New member
Thanks!
From what I read, it is an inflamation of the vein, caused by one or more blood clots. If you have a deep vein one, it can be really bad, but the superficial ones are treatable at home. You are supposed to have the superficial ones checked out though, because the deep ones<i> can </i>cause no symptoms, and can be present with the superficial ones (<i>usually</i> there is more swelling and pain, though).

I hadn't heard of it before either, but someone on here had one a little while back <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"> .
 
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AnD

New member
Thanks!
From what I read, it is an inflamation of the vein, caused by one or more blood clots. If you have a deep vein one, it can be really bad, but the superficial ones are treatable at home. You are supposed to have the superficial ones checked out though, because the deep ones<i> can </i>cause no symptoms, and can be present with the superficial ones (<i>usually</i> there is more swelling and pain, though).

I hadn't heard of it before either, but someone on here had one a little while back <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"> .
 
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AnD

New member
Thanks!
From what I read, it is an inflamation of the vein, caused by one or more blood clots. If you have a deep vein one, it can be really bad, but the superficial ones are treatable at home. You are supposed to have the superficial ones checked out though, because the deep ones<i> can </i>cause no symptoms, and can be present with the superficial ones (<i>usually</i> there is more swelling and pain, though).

I hadn't heard of it before either, but someone on here had one a little while back <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"> .
 
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AnD

New member
Thanks!
From what I read, it is an inflamation of the vein, caused by one or more blood clots. If you have a deep vein one, it can be really bad, but the superficial ones are treatable at home. You are supposed to have the superficial ones checked out though, because the deep ones<i> can </i>cause no symptoms, and can be present with the superficial ones (<i>usually</i> there is more swelling and pain, though).

I hadn't heard of it before either, but someone on here had one a little while back <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"> .
 
A

AnD

New member
Thanks!
From what I read, it is an inflamation of the vein, caused by one or more blood clots. If you have a deep vein one, it can be really bad, but the superficial ones are treatable at home. You are supposed to have the superficial ones checked out though, because the deep ones<i> can </i>cause no symptoms, and can be present with the superficial ones (<i>usually</i> there is more swelling and pain, though).

I hadn't heard of it before either, but someone on here had one a little while back <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif" border="0"> .
 
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Emily65Roses

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Just thought I'd throw this in:
Phlebitis around here is more commonly referred to in conjunction with PICC lines. That's inflammation of the vein due to the line sitting in it. Usually requires that the line be pulled and another one be placed in a different vein.
 
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Emily65Roses

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Just thought I'd throw this in:
Phlebitis around here is more commonly referred to in conjunction with PICC lines. That's inflammation of the vein due to the line sitting in it. Usually requires that the line be pulled and another one be placed in a different vein.
 
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Emily65Roses

New member
Just thought I'd throw this in:
Phlebitis around here is more commonly referred to in conjunction with PICC lines. That's inflammation of the vein due to the line sitting in it. Usually requires that the line be pulled and another one be placed in a different vein.
 
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Emily65Roses

New member
Just thought I'd throw this in:
Phlebitis around here is more commonly referred to in conjunction with PICC lines. That's inflammation of the vein due to the line sitting in it. Usually requires that the line be pulled and another one be placed in a different vein.
 
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Emily65Roses

New member
Just thought I'd throw this in:
Phlebitis around here is more commonly referred to in conjunction with PICC lines. That's inflammation of the vein due to the line sitting in it. Usually requires that the line be pulled and another one be placed in a different vein.
 
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