Hi ladies ...

you know, I get so darned panicky over things latley I can't help it! OK, this is the thing here, yest. I posted about my right leg having pins and needles, hot/cold, tingling, and that feeling that there's no blood flowing to my lower leg and foot ... well, I decided to just sort of go with it, I took a xanax to fall asleep last night, because the night before, I didn't get ANY sleep at all due to this stupid leg problem (which as you know, started two nights ago, just because I was sitting on the chair in front of my comp. for 10 minutes!) ... well, long stupid story short...when I woke up today, I noticed in the shower, that that soft area behind your knee, was kind of reddish, and achey, and TO ME (not to my husband) it looked SLIGHTLY more puffy than the other one (behind the knee).

I panicked! That's all I seem to do these days anyway, panic! I made my husband look and look and look..lol...over and over, at both backs of the knees, to see if he could see any diff....and naturally, he said basically no, just that the right one (the problem leg) was a little reddish in sort of a "triangle" shape, which was weird, but he said it looked like I'd been laying on it or something.
He said, the left leg, back of the knee, was very tiny bit red, but that was it. So, there WAS a slight difference, and the right leg behind the knee, was a little redder, and it ached. Now, that was a few hrs. ago. Since then, the reddness has gone away, and so has most of the puffiness, but it still kind of aches a little. I know this may seem stupid and overdone, and I don't mean to be, but I am so afraid of blood clots, this is ridiculous!!!!!

Does anyone else here get this? or something at least similar? Obviously, it wsn't anything serious, or I'd be in the ER by now, but then, what the heck,,,HORMONES? OH, I should state here, I just got my period TODAY, so who knows...maybe that's it too.....but sometimes I just feel like I can't take this anymore!!!!! sorry you guys........I just had to vent.....

Mydarling,read my last post about my legs,I am having very similar problems.I know someone who had blood clots,she said the pain from them is VERY distinctive,I had asked because of my fears-well she said you get horrible swelling and a burning pain,she said you would know for a fact if you had a clot-why don't you google for pictures of a leg with a blood clot.I did and I sure don't look like that praise the LORD.GOD bless.

Lord knows My left leg gives me much trouble and tonight I think I sit on that leg on my couch but couldn't remember if I did or not, I got all panicy thinking "Oh My God", Blood Clot" . I'm extra panicy and paranoid right now due to peri-pause symptoms and its a about a week before I start my period.
So I go into the bathroom and start comparing both legs and I too was asking my husband the same exact questions that you were I could so tell that I was gettong on his nerves.
I really don't mean to be this way, I don't like being this way thinking the worst case senario about everything. So, when I could not talk to my hubby I thought well I will come on this board and type my feelings out!!!!
Oh how I get so tired of this struggle all the time, I mean don't get me wrong I have better days than others but when the bad days hit in its just horrible!!!
I just as so glad that I found this board, it helps through the good times and the bad and tonight I'm having a hard time. I will pray for your legs and pray for me

Try going for a massage/lymph drainage. The nodes can get sluggish esp. if you take any Benzo's. You slow down your system too, not just the nerves and mind! I've had it before and now the feeling you are describing. Try walking more during the day to get your *juices* flowing.
Feel better
Girlsmom

mydarling,are you doing ok,how are the legs?GOD bless.

Hi everyone,

thanks guys! It's always good to know you're not alone! well, today I'm actually having A GOOD DAY! I can hardly believe it! YEP, A GOOD DAY! LOL! I have to write this day down on my calendar! LOL!

Mydarling, i have been going thru the exact same thing recently, i think i posted to you already about it. But my dr. said if it was a clot there would be swelling in your calf and ankle and foot and the area would be red and you can feel heat coming off of it. she also told me to straiten my leg out and bend my foot upwards towards my body, i did and she asked me what i felt when i did that and i told her 'NOTHING" and she said that i definately dont have a clot if i didnt feel anything.
my leg is getting alot better now , its been going on for about 3-4 weeks. my dr. and i figured it must be because i bought a new car at the time this all started and the drivers seat was more extended in the front that my old one and when i sat in it the seat put pressure on that part of my leg(behing the knee) and i also started wearing shoes whith higher heals at that same time too.(after wearing flat shoes for uver a year)
i can so relate to the worse-case scenario thinking. i do it all the time now whenever i feel an ache or pain. its exausting!!!im wore out after this episode with my leg , and now i have a pain in my right side that im obssessing about. im thinking its going to turn out to be my appendix or maybe a blockage in my intestines, either of which can kill me if i dont get the right diagnosis in time and have surgery which im deathly afraid of!. im convinced that ill have a reaction to the anesthsia and die on the table. my worst fear is surgery.

Hi,

thank you all for responding! Naturally, as we speak, that feeeling behind my knee is gone,LOL! But don't worry, it'll move somewhere else, to scare the living daylights out of me again! Sudio, I know what you mean about obsessing, holy cow! I was never such a worrier as I am now, but then again, I've never had to deal with so many wild scary symtoms hitting my body SO FAST AND HARD either, and I'm sure none of us ever did which is why we're all so anxious about every little feeling. I think perimenopausal women should be given some kind of medal of honor for making it through all this! Sudio, I was thinking about my car too, because of the way I sit in there. Yeah, that could be it. Where on the right side is the pain? upper or lower?
It's probably nothing, once again, but the fear is truly exhausting, like you said. You sound just like me,LOL!!!!! I too, am always thinking that nobody is taking me seriously when I tell them these symptoms, and then I go into this whole scenario in my mind about how it won't be dealt with in time, and then I'll have to be rushed into surgery....etc.....yeah, I know, me too! I'm slowly getting a grip on this whole thing, but wow, these things really can scare the daylights out of you!!!!!! (listen,my worst fear is surgery too, you're not alone with that!)

thank you everyone! MyDarling