A bit more Mum-related anxiety

[wiseheart]

The original problem has improved very nicely. She is only mildly in pain - she says it isn't worse than it has been before the fall - and can get into bed and out of it on her own. She still uses the walking aid, just for safety reasons, though today she forgot about it and almost walked out of the kitchen without it. *g*

Tonight, however, her leg was alarmingly swollen and tight. Prone to panicking as I am, I was thinking the worst: thrombosis. Fortunately, only half an hour after going to bed, the swelling has gone down considerably. It's likely that sitting in that extra high armchair wasn't really good for her leg, so we're going to change it back to her usual chair with an extra pillow in it tomorrow.

It is really hard, not having a reliable doctor in the circles in which we move, whom we could ask in such moments. We both terribly miss our old family doctor who died a few years ago.

Comments

[red-day-dawning.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's terrifying. I do hope it resolves nicely.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

So do I, honestly. The one leg is still a bit thicker, though not overly so. Perhaps the fact that she is moving less no plays a role, too. I'm not sure, but I am worried.

[artemis10002000]

I hope she's doing better today!

And yeah, not having someone to ask at hand is definitely a pain. Any chance of finding a friendlier doctor? Albeit not a family friend like your old doctor, at least one you aren't loathe to talk to.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

I don't really loathe to talk to her, it's just so that she's so annoyingly unintetested in the well-being of her patients that I don't really trust her. And the other one at the klinik has just died last month.

[breannarose1.livejournal.com]

Scares like that aren't good for anyone's heath so I'm glad the swelling has gone down.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

So am I. As tough and independent Mum is for her age, with the elderly it's like with children: you never cease to be worried.