Anyone have weird leg cramps 3+ weeks after D&C?

W111MRP

I'm calling the doctor tomorrow mostly because I'm afraid if it could be a blood clot... lets hope not!  I have a knot like feeling that is periodically painful in my left calf.  I have had this pain come and go for 2 weeks now and haven't really thought much of it until now.  Some of the things I'm reading online mention to go to the ER.  What would you do?  The pain is not bad just more annoying than anything. 

I always seem to worry the sh*t out of myself on weekends when the Dr's offices are closed.

Tarheel522

 I would go to the ER.  I suffered a blood clot 4 days after giving birth.  It felt like a charley horse that wouldn't go away.  The worst thing would be if it is a clot for it to break off and travel to your heart or lung.  They say the hormones from pregnancy can stay up to 6 weeks later, and pregnancy is a period of thrombosis (or an increased chance of clotting).

Oh I just remembered that one thing they made me do was to flex my foot up toward the sky.  I had extreme pain when I did this, so they sent me off for an ultrasound of my leg to confirm the clot.  Good luck and I hope that it isn't a clot.

W111MRP

Tarheel522:

 I would go to the ER.  I suffered a blood clot 4 days after giving birth.  It felt like a charley horse that wouldn't go away.  The worst thing would be if it is a clot for it to break off and travel to your heart or lung.  They say the hormones from pregnancy can stay up to 6 weeks later, and pregnancy is a period of thrombosis (or an increased chance of clotting).

Oh I just remembered that one thing they made me do was to flex my foot up toward the sky.  I had extreme pain when I did this, so they sent me off for an ultrasound of my leg to confirm the clot.  Good luck and I hope that it isn't a clot.

My husband thinks i'm ridiculous for thinking of going.. I don't think it's a bad idea.  I don't have pain when I flex my leg but I realize it could be slightly different for everyone.  Did it feel like you had a lump of sorts in your leg?  When I reach down to physically feel it, I don't feel anything but when the pain occurs it feels like it would be a knot.  What did they do for you?  Put you on blood thinner?  surgery?  Thanks so much!!

Tarheel522

I didn't physically feel anything.  My leg did swell up to about double the size though and it was purple.  But those symptoms didn't show up for a few days.   I was given lovenox shots in the ER.  Its a blood thinner that gets into your system quickly.  I had to do the shots twice a day for 5 days.  Then I was put on an oral blood thinner, warfarin that I have been on for the past 6 months.  I guess its better safe than sorry to go to the ER.  Blood clots are serious.

emeraudecephiro

It might be from being in stirrups for awhile during the D&C, I had numbness and pain in my upper thigh because of that after both D&Cs I've had....but I also got a blood clot in the other leg, so definitely get it checked to be sure...don't want to mess around with that I say.

W111MRP

Thanks for your advice ladies!  I ended up going!  They thankfullt did not find a blood clot, I follow up with my doctor on Wedensday.