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<blockquote data-quote="briped" data-source="post: 1785360" data-attributes="member: 472718"><p>Aww, and just two months after me. A sore muscle was exactly what it felt like, but I let that 'sore muscle' go on for just a bit too long. I don't know ... A week, perhaps? Then it felt back to normal, and everything was hunky dory till I started feeling breathless, but that was just some virus, right? Smashing, and to think I could've warned you if I'd known you at the time.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Our bodies are very complex machines, and one thing leads to the other. The hard thing is helping our bodies back in balance. At least my BG is within an acceptable range now, but like so many others I'm struggling with my weight. Thanks for the info. The doc at the hospital got a very long and very incredulous look from me, when she asked me why I got the embolisms. I mean, that's what normal people would expect the patient to ask the doctor, not the other way around<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite12" alt="o_O" title="Er... what? o_O" loading="lazy" data-shortname="o_O" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It's just so difficult to know, isn't it? I mean, maybe your leg would've been even more prone to swelling if you hadn't made the effort. Yet it's good for me to know, because the hospital insisted on measuring me up for one after my 2nd DVT, and it was as if I'd offended them when I politely turned down their offer. This was in the spring of 2016, and till just a couple of weeks ago my legs were their normal old selves. A bit swollen at times, and completely normal the next day. Then I noticed that the ex-thrombotic one was more swollen than the other, and that I didn't like. I turned to Google, and then to my trusty bank of knowledge, shared experience and wisdom in here.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It's actually comforting to know that you can wear it on and off according to your needs and plans. I was under the impression that once you started wearing one, it was a life sentence, always to be worn like your diabetes, only much more visible.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>11 years ago, when I'd managed to shed enough weight to be just on the ok side of BMI things, I did try to take up running, but after only 1 - 200 meters my shins would go all acidy and painful. Maybe I just wasn't persistent enough. I walked a lot, about 5 km/day or more. I know that today my right knee (that leg again) really wouldn't thank me for it, but while googling yesterday I found a PDF from the University Hospital of Aalborg (Denmark) with quite a few exercises for people with swollen legs. I'll give those a try twice daily once I've hoovered the floor <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> If you're interested, do let me know and I'll translate it for you.</p><p></p><p>You have been ever so helpful. I'm sure you don't even know, but you really have. Thank you so much.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="briped, post: 1785360, member: 472718"] Aww, and just two months after me. A sore muscle was exactly what it felt like, but I let that 'sore muscle' go on for just a bit too long. I don't know ... A week, perhaps? Then it felt back to normal, and everything was hunky dory till I started feeling breathless, but that was just some virus, right? Smashing, and to think I could've warned you if I'd known you at the time. Our bodies are very complex machines, and one thing leads to the other. The hard thing is helping our bodies back in balance. At least my BG is within an acceptable range now, but like so many others I'm struggling with my weight. Thanks for the info. The doc at the hospital got a very long and very incredulous look from me, when she asked me why I got the embolisms. I mean, that's what normal people would expect the patient to ask the doctor, not the other way aroundo_O It's just so difficult to know, isn't it? I mean, maybe your leg would've been even more prone to swelling if you hadn't made the effort. Yet it's good for me to know, because the hospital insisted on measuring me up for one after my 2nd DVT, and it was as if I'd offended them when I politely turned down their offer. This was in the spring of 2016, and till just a couple of weeks ago my legs were their normal old selves. A bit swollen at times, and completely normal the next day. Then I noticed that the ex-thrombotic one was more swollen than the other, and that I didn't like. I turned to Google, and then to my trusty bank of knowledge, shared experience and wisdom in here. It's actually comforting to know that you can wear it on and off according to your needs and plans. I was under the impression that once you started wearing one, it was a life sentence, always to be worn like your diabetes, only much more visible. 11 years ago, when I'd managed to shed enough weight to be just on the ok side of BMI things, I did try to take up running, but after only 1 - 200 meters my shins would go all acidy and painful. Maybe I just wasn't persistent enough. I walked a lot, about 5 km/day or more. I know that today my right knee (that leg again) really wouldn't thank me for it, but while googling yesterday I found a PDF from the University Hospital of Aalborg (Denmark) with quite a few exercises for people with swollen legs. I'll give those a try twice daily once I've hoovered the floor :p If you're interested, do let me know and I'll translate it for you. You have been ever so helpful. I'm sure you don't even know, but you really have. Thank you so much. [/QUOTE]
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