Wednesday, August 8, 2007

A Trip to the ER

Monday night I went to bed with a terrible backache which was a side effect of that medicine my doctor put me on but when I woke up yesterday my leg felt weird, like it was frozen stiff. I thought maybe I slept wrong but by noon both legs were stiff and it hurt to walk. My doctor called to see how the medicine went since all my doses were done and told me that leg stiffness is not a side effect of the medicine- leg cramps- yes very rare, but stiffness like what I felt-no. So off I was sent to get an ultrasound of my legs at the hospital to see if I had any clots. The ultrasound showed no clots but they were concerned that I was having a lot of trouble walking. So they brought me to the Emergency Room. They checked everything and couldn't find anything abnormal so they ruled I was hypersensitive to the medicine. I was told to come right back if it still persisted or became worse since I had already finished the last dose of meds at 8am. I still had some trouble with my legs last night but today they feel a lot better. So we will see what happens.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I hope this the last of the problems with this thing. You've had your share. Take things easy for now.