Dr didn't say to use warmth or anything for the lump?
If the redness travels up a vein in a line it could be blood poisoning.

My sis in law had a blood clot in her forearm at Christmas time- she used a heat pad, percoset and they had to inject blood thinners for a week.

Hi Sandra,
I loved what Jo said about using heat. I believe the blood could go more to the area.

If I was you, I would 100% make sure you do not have a infection as well. Hospitals in themselves can have a high infections rate. I have heard 25%.

In my case I have some kind of horrid cirulation problem going on.

Iv's are real rough for me too.

Big Hugs, Roz

The heat sounds good the tub realy helps that too, my dorky doc had the ( ) to tentativly sugest ice.. I couldn't beleive it. I set him straight i did. dork!

I hope you are feeling better soon Roz, is it me or do we all flare more and develope changes during winter?

Wonder if there are statistics somewhere. hmm..

have a plesantly sleepful night all,
Sandra

good morning Sandra:

just wanted to let you know that every time, and every place i have ever had an iv i get the lump you are talking about. (arms, hands, even foot) in my case a clot forms. i have a "condition" where my blood clots too easily. (factor 5 leiden, protein S activity, and something else, {sorry, brain fog} my mother has been tested for the same thing and comes up negative, however she gets the same lumps/clots whenever she has an i.v.
maybe your doctor could check your clotting factor. moist heat on the area, and 80mg aspirin would probably help.

hope you get some relief soon.

's and prayers

Hi Sandra,
At the cabin it snowed some and my pain levels were higher. So weather I believe can play a role.

One thing I try to do is keep every limb as warm as possiable. I am back in Temecula it's about a hour north of San Diego in CA. Now in Malibu I heard people had ice a couple days ago on their windshild in the morning. So we must be having a very rough winter.

When I was healthy. I used to go to the Carribean in December. It is so beautiful their. The weather in the winter is like summer. I would watch the specials and book a cruise for around 300 dollars.

Big Huge Hugs, Roz

Ohh a cruise sounds so good Roz.. I have a friend with fibro that just went to dominica republic and she says her pain was gone the whole trip and that it returned aprx 1 hr before landing in western canada on the return trip.

The hospital misplaced the doplar ultrasound form aparently.. good thing it's not an emergency.. they scheduled me for late monday when I called today to see why they hadnt called with an apointment yesterday AM as they were suposto.

The lump is not as big as it was.. I think it enlarges or ingorges when I push up using my palm (pressure?) looks bruised too right after I do it.. the bruised look gets worse throughout the day, but it is smaller and almost normal colored in the AM.

So I am just trying not to use that arm much but using it as normal as possible at the same time so that the stiffness does not set in.

Take care and thank you all for your well wishes, I am starting to feel more myself again, I just need to keep my stress down as I feel it directly effects my heart as it's happenin.

sandra