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Originally Posted by serafim_etal
Try to let go of the DVT fear! Most times (like 99.999999% of the time), DVT is in ONE leg...not both. So both legs would not swell with DVT, most of the time.
I recently had both my legs swell up on a drive home from Oregon...over the mountains, into the heat. As soon as I got home and put my legs up, the swelling went down.
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Yeah that happened to me on a 25 hour no stop drive from Orlando. It freaked me out then too. I'm easy to freak out hen it comes to my health. My sister and husband says I'm a hypochondriac. My uncle had DVT and the clot broke off and wen to his lung. It did'nt kill him but it almost did, I gues that's what scares me so much about that. Cause he was just laying in bed with my aunt watching T.V. and all of the sudden could'nt breathe. He thought it was a panic attack so he walked around cause that helps him when he has panic attacks and he almost died. Just the thought of something doing that with no warning is scary. I guess it's all about control in my mind.