oh boy ladies, I hate to sound panicky again, and Im'm really trying not to panic, but I have this sort of red "pimple" on the inner part of my left calf, it is raised above the skin, and the skin on the top of it looks kind of the way your skin would look if you hurt yourself and needed stitches, but didnt get them, and so the skin sort of healed over it, almost like what burn victims look like, yet not that purpleish though. Just red...like a pimple. BUT THE THING THAT SCARES ME IS...that if you press down on this "pimple", it hurts! and it also feels as if there's a hard bump or "nodule" under it....now, of course, I'm thinking BLOOD CLOT! geez, i wish i could shut my mind off! I took a xanax to relax, but now, since I've been constantly touching that "thing" and that area, now, it's sort of hurting by itself! and then, THAT scares me! Also, I should interject that I've had this "pimple" thingy there for a few days and it hasn't hurt BY ITSELF, I haven't touched it up till tonight anyway, so I wouldn't have known if it would've hurt, but it really just started hurting AFTER I started touching it.

You should all know, I WAS NEVER LIKE THIS! that may sound hard to believe, but it's true! If this had been me about 5 yrs. ago, I would have shrugged it off, and gone on. BUT NOW, I seem to be so frightened over EVERYTHING!

ok ladies, I'm going to try to relax now, put on some good music, and just rest. thanks for all your help!

Sincerely, MyDarling

one more thing! I am about a week late with my period right now......so, maybe this is hormonal?????

I am fairly certain that is not how a blood clot presents. Doesn't a blood clot make the whole area of the limb red and tender. This could just be an irritated hair follicle maybe, or just a genuine pimple.

At the worst, it could be a boil. I don't think it's a blood clot.
A blood clot would be in a vein and would cause swelling of your entire leg.

I have a similar thing that i've now had for a number of years. One doc said it was an inflamed hair follicle, another, scar tissue from a bite. Neither are anything to worry about. A blood clott would also make the surrounding tissue feel hot as well as very tender

MyDarling:

I really do not think it is a blood clot. In fact, that would probably be the last thing I would think it is. I suspect it is either an ingrown hair (they can get pretty funky), a pimple (lovely we still get these), or a bug/mesquito bite perhaps? Depending on the critter they fester up pretty good. I had a friend who had something similar on her underarm and she was sure she had breast cancer. SHe went to the doctor and come to find out it was an ingrown hair. I think she put warm compresses on it until it popped and neosporin until it healed.

I have NEVER heard of a blood clot close enough to the surface where you could see it. Stop worrying....I think you will be fine.

Steph

PS I am not making light of this, I at times health anxiety too!!!!

Check to see if you can find a puncture wound. Without looking, it's hard to venture a guess, but I think you can r/o a blood clot. Go to an Urgent Care to find out for sure.

hi ladies........

thank you all so much! I needed to hear that! YOu can't believe the fear that came over me, and I could barley sleep, even with the xanax! I slept maybe a few hrs. with weird dreams. Then, when I woke up, I was to afraid to get out of bed...lol ... I laid there, going from hot to cold and back again,....then my calf on that leg would ache a little (probably from all the poking) and down to the ankle ..not BAD pain, just a little achy.(on and off), I felt nauseas and off balance....TALK ABOUT ANXIETY! When I finally got up, I felt "weird" (I'm sure this is all from fear), had coffee, and am feeling somewhat better. That calf though is now a little achy, tingly, and a little "sore", which i hope is from all the touching ..... what do you guys think?

thank you ladies .... MyDarling

MyDarling:

I am SURE it is from the touching. I know when I continue to touch something that is worrisome (this is human nature by the way) it makes it much more tender and much worse. When this happens I always think to myself now if I would leave this alone for a week it will go away and guess what...it almost always does!!!

STOP TOUCHING IT

I get these and I actually call them Boils , now normally they say boils come to a head and sometimes have a bit of pus, yuk I know.
The hard ones I get I treat the same as the boils.

There was another gal on our website who had one and she tried what I told her and it worked so here it goes.

First of all yes do stop touching it.

1. Heat really helps this is what I start out to do. Get a clean couple of soft paper towels or a very sterile cotton rag.
If you have kosher salt use it if not regular salt, salt does wonders.
Ok here it goes you get the water as warm or rather hot on the rag and add the salt to it just enough for that small area.
Now slowly apply it to the pimple, boil, etc I say slowly because that is a sensitive area and you have to adjust the heat, get it as hot as you can take it.
Now be sitting resting in your room or on the toilet seat. Just sit there til the heat goes away as long as you can.
I repeat this a couple a times a day if I can.

2. Now in different times you can do this also. Apply tea tree oil and I also alternate with oregano oil and just leave it on and actually put a bandaid on it just to keep it from rubbing the other leg.

3. Then later in the day I put on BOIL EASE you can find it at Rite Aid

Just keep this up it takes a while but it works.

Hope this gives you hope, simmer down please I am sure you will be fine. You know I notice it happens when its real hot or before a period so I believe it can be hormonal what the heck we can blame it all on the hormones.
We have so many jumpin around causing Kaos that who really knows right?
Take care
Tinks

Hi mydarling,
my period is 2 weeks late so I'm a week more in sane then you are!
Sure it's not going to be a bruise?
I had a nastly looking brusie on my arm the other day which started out looking like a burn. Then all purple! I would had hit something hard to get such a looker but don't remember a thing......

hi guys,...


thank you all!!!! I feel like a moron for getting this freaked out over this, but for some reason, I couldn't help it. OK, now tinky, I'm going to try your idea, the "pimple" thing is still there, but smaller today, and not as "ouchy"..lol..so, it is shrinking, but I will still try the salt thing, sounds good! "Shakin", yes I know I have to stop touching it,.lol .. but you know how it is, you still feel nervous, so you touch! PLUS, it also kind of aches aroudn there now, on and off ... so I tend to touch it, but I'm trying not to, I'm SURE that makes it worse, you're right! "Snow", yeah I'm postive it's not a bruise, POSITIVE. I've done that though, I've hit myself without realizing it, and lo and behold I end up with a lovley black and blue, and then panic thinking the worst....now, with the black and blues, I've gotten much better ..lol... , but this was different, and naturally, at this point, anything DIFFERENT gets me nervous! But, at least I'm getting better at handling these things .... NOT MUCH...but I AM getting better!

ok guys, thank you all so much! it HAS made me feel a lot better!!!!! Sincerely, MyDarling