Hi All,
Following my first chemo on 30th May, I had terrible pains in my left calf (down from knee to ankle) it really ached. I went to my GP who said it was nothing to do with the chemo - it is the site of an injury I incurred when hit by a car in 1981. I said I thought it was strange that this injury suddenly hurt me after 36 years of nothing but a few cramps in it? GP gave me cream and painkillers. 4 days later I insisted on another appointment and was referred for an ultrasound. On Sunday (9th July) I went for the ultrasound and was diagnosed with a DVT in my left calf!!! I was so shocked as the pain had by then subsided - although after second chemo both legs had ached - and now I have to inject Clexane into my stomach every day for at least 6 months.
So if you have aching legs following chemo, don't be fobbed off - insist on a scan.
Hannah x
