chl_hobbs
24-03-13, 17:28
Hi all
Im having a bad time of it at the moment, both health wise and heath anxiety wise so please if you can help, do.
2 weeks ago, I was in hospital, and the doctor couldnt find a place to get blood, so she went in the vein running down the centre of my right forearm (slightly to the left on the inner side). As I was getting my blood pressure by a nurse on the other arm at the same time, when the dr took the needle out of the arm, i couldnt press the cotton pad down to stop the bleeding, and she didnt exactly press it for long. As a result it bled quite a lot beforeI could stop it.
Well it developed a horrible purple bruise which now, 2 weeks later has faded to yellow. On Thursday of this week, I was getting really tight chested (anxiety) but they did a D-Dimer test to check for any clots in my body just in case. It was negative and they said my panic attacks had taken over and made me tight chested.
Today (Sunday - 3 days after d-dimer test) Ive noticed that my right arm is sore. It's 'pulling' when I move my arm along my inner forearm. It's not majorly red or swollen but feels 'sore' and sensitive all along my inner forearm. Im really worried I have got a clot from the blood test..... I cant get it out of my mind. My arm is aching too. In my head, it was a superficial clot and now its progressed into a dvt, will move to my lungs and kill me. The fear is very real and Im panicky :(
Is this possible two weeks after a blood test? I didnt have a cannula in my arm or anything, just a blood test with a syringe needle. The crease of my elbow (inner) is sore to touch, and the place where I had the blood test (further down, about an inch or so) is ok but just bruised a bit still.
Please, if anyone can help me, or has any experience in this, or even if youre just reading this and thinking Im an idiot... please could you help? I dont want to go running to the hospital again every time i get a symptom
Charlotte
---------- Post added at 17:28 ---------- Previous post was at 15:53 ----------
Please, anyone?
Im having a bad time of it at the moment, both health wise and heath anxiety wise so please if you can help, do.
2 weeks ago, I was in hospital, and the doctor couldnt find a place to get blood, so she went in the vein running down the centre of my right forearm (slightly to the left on the inner side). As I was getting my blood pressure by a nurse on the other arm at the same time, when the dr took the needle out of the arm, i couldnt press the cotton pad down to stop the bleeding, and she didnt exactly press it for long. As a result it bled quite a lot beforeI could stop it.
Well it developed a horrible purple bruise which now, 2 weeks later has faded to yellow. On Thursday of this week, I was getting really tight chested (anxiety) but they did a D-Dimer test to check for any clots in my body just in case. It was negative and they said my panic attacks had taken over and made me tight chested.
Today (Sunday - 3 days after d-dimer test) Ive noticed that my right arm is sore. It's 'pulling' when I move my arm along my inner forearm. It's not majorly red or swollen but feels 'sore' and sensitive all along my inner forearm. Im really worried I have got a clot from the blood test..... I cant get it out of my mind. My arm is aching too. In my head, it was a superficial clot and now its progressed into a dvt, will move to my lungs and kill me. The fear is very real and Im panicky :(
Is this possible two weeks after a blood test? I didnt have a cannula in my arm or anything, just a blood test with a syringe needle. The crease of my elbow (inner) is sore to touch, and the place where I had the blood test (further down, about an inch or so) is ok but just bruised a bit still.
Please, if anyone can help me, or has any experience in this, or even if youre just reading this and thinking Im an idiot... please could you help? I dont want to go running to the hospital again every time i get a symptom
Charlotte
---------- Post added at 17:28 ---------- Previous post was at 15:53 ----------
Please, anyone?