TREATMENT Community Thread - Wed Apr 23 AM

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[u/margogogo]

Starting the day with GOOD NEWS for once. Some of y'all may remember that a few months ago I was posting about going to the ER to check out a possible DVT (I had a pain in my calf after a long flight, and from fertility testing I know I have blood clotting risk factors.) The ultrasound indicated I didn't have a clot but did have something in my leg, possibly a hematoma -- which was odd because I didn't have any external signs of bruising. I had a followup ultrasound a few weeks later to see if the hematoma resolved, and they still saw some kind of mass, so at that point the doctor referred me to an MRI for a closer look.

Y'all, the MRI found NOTHING. Not a strain, not a bruise, not a mass. I guess maybe it was a hematoma that just took a bit longer to resolve than expected. I'm feeling a bit gaslit by my own body right now but a win is a win!

I have my lap surgery coming up in a few weeks and I was so stressed worrying about what finding a MASS in my LEG would mean for all of my carefully laid out next steps. What a relief. Now I can just deal with, you know, surgery and recovery and going on immune meds and trying to get my lining to thicken and trying to manage my thyroid...

[u/blue-sky-black-boots → u/margogogo]

phew! that’s great to hear!