Leg Trouble May 12, 2007

Thursday, May 10, 2007

Leg Trouble

I mentioned before that I have to be careful to not overexert myself during exercise. The only trouble I thought I had in that regard was the onset of heavy menstrual type bleeding. I say type, as it doesn’t seem to follow any normal cycle. It starts and stops all over the map.
So, I’ve been doing a bit of walking on the treadmill. Anywhere from 10 to 25 minutes at a stretch, and walking pretty slowly. In fact, I generally feel a little silly in just how slow I’m walking as I’m certainly capable of pushing it much harder.

On Sunday, after I was out in the garden I noticed a little painful lump on my left leg to the side of my knee (outside). I was at the doctor for something else, so I mentioned it. He didn’t seem to be concerned, and brushed aside my worry of a blod clot. He thought it was a benign fatty deposit.
Well, yesterday after getting off the treadmill I noticed that those lumps are replicating, and they are now running up the outside of my thigh…lots of them. It’s slightly swollen, sore and red. On the same leg, on my calf I also must have broken a blood vessel as I have a huge bruise which came out of nowhere, and a new pain somewhere deep in my calf. I can’t quite determine where exactly the pain is. It’s more generalized.
I’m going back to the doctor today, and my concerns of blood clots have returned.

Yesterdays stats
exercise - 35 minutes on treadmill

food
some sort of smoothie in the morning
a huge romaine, parsley, and spinach salad with cucumbers
2 slices of sprouted bread with raw hazelnut butter
an orange
about 2 mouthfuls of the kids fish
about 2 or three tastes of basmati rice (also the kids)
a couple of flax crackers
a decadent raw brownie - yummy

Weight 235.4