Starting last night shortly after I went to bed, I had a painful episode with my right leg. By the way the lower part of my leg, just above the ankle, is where the remaining patch of the DVT discoloration is.
As I was falling asleep it started to itch. It has gotten itchy in the past and I have learned not to scratch hard as it can get riled up very easily and then start to hurt. It itching continued and in my sleepy state I'm sure I went from rubbing the area gently to some brief moments of scratching.
I took some Vicodin and fell asleep soon after. I woke up about an hour later, just before midnight, with some serious, sharp pains in the location of the DVT and into my upper leg. I took some more Vicodin and sat up for a while applying warm and cold compresses to the lower leg. At 8:00 A.M. I still had a lot of pain, my whole leg, and went to the emergency room after reading about many dire possible causes. I had a two hour wait then I got processed and interviewed.
An ultrasound showed nothing serious as did the the EKG and other monitors I was hooked up to. Finally the principal MD told me it would either get better or worse. If it gets worse they'll have a vascular specialist look me over. He asked if I needed some painkillers and I said I had plenty at home. He then told me thses thing come up and go away and they don't really have a clue.
I got home at 1:00 P.M. and the pain level was better. I took some more Vicodin and was fine.
