Sitting in dialysis today, my left leg suddenly started hurting. To lessen pressure on my lower back, I usually sit upright in the dialysis chair. Most patients either have their legs up or sit fully reclined since that raises their blood pressure and lessens the chance of falling out of the chair. When I raised my legs near the end of the session, there was a shooting pain from the left heel up to the back of the knee. Since I get nerve pain occasionally from peripheral neurophy, it wasn’t anything to worry about at the time. The pain subsided a bit until I tried to get up and walk. Then the pain came back. Unlike my normal nerve pain that comes intermittently, this was pretty constant. However, I was able to limp along and it seemed to get better the more I walked.
Fast forward until now. The pain was present most of the day but worse when I straighten out my leg. I had two medical appointments this afternoon and when I got home, I tried to take a nap. I then noticed that the numbness in both legs is a lot worse. Since I have so many medical issues, I don’t know if this is from acupuncture, side effect of medication, more neuropathy, or deep vein thrombosis (DVT); the surface vein in my left leg was removed for heart bypass surgery.
Worse, my dad needed to go to the ER right about now. He hasn’t been able to urinate all day even though he feels like he needs to go. I volunteered to drive them to the ER but my mom won’t let me due to my leg pain. My sister was out of the house so they took an Uber to the ER. Wait… if I can’t drive to the ER, shouldn’t I go to the ER and have my leg checked out? If the pain numbness and pain doesn’t subside soon, I may need to go to the ER.
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It’s been about four hours since I posted the above and the pain in my leg is mostly gone. The more intense numbness is still there but that seemed to be the trend lately anyway. I took some regular Tylenol too so hopefully it’s not just the drugs masking the pain.
My dad is back from the ER. They had to insert a foley catheter to relieve the pressure. It was likely an enlarged prostate causing the issue.
Life with chronic diseases 