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Aoife · 03-30-2009, 04:55 PM

It's mostly constantly wrapped in an ace around the knee. Ice is backed off, I ice a couple times a day. I take off the ace to re-wrap and for short intervals to elevate the leg a lot to try to reduce that fluid in the foot/ankle, rest of the time it stays on.

I'm freaked out by the calf and ankle and whatnot that's just huge compared to the other leg… and I don't know how much extra swelling/fluid retention is "normal" in this situation. It looks like the 5or so pounds I put on post crash are all in my leg (and ass). My shoe is as loose as it can be and it is tight. I mean, the actual bump is fine, relatively speaking.

I assume it's mainly normal, I don't have the best of circulation, my mobility is crap so even though I try to move and massage, it's of course not the same.

I didn't want to freak out about it, but I didn't want it to be bad news and not tell my doc and whatnot. It's prolly nothing, I know.

03-30-2009, 04:55 PM	#3 (permalink)
Aoife ninjamonkeyqueen Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: City of Dis Posts: 6,533	It's mostly constantly wrapped in an ace around the knee. Ice is backed off, I ice a couple times a day. I take off the ace to re-wrap and for short intervals to elevate the leg a lot to try to reduce that fluid in the foot/ankle, rest of the time it stays on. I'm freaked out by the calf and ankle and whatnot that's just huge compared to the other leg… and I don't know how much extra swelling/fluid retention is "normal" in this situation. It looks like the 5or so pounds I put on post crash are all in my leg (and ass). My shoe is as loose as it can be and it is tight. I mean, the actual bump is fine, relatively speaking. I assume it's mainly normal, I don't have the best of circulation, my mobility is crap so even though I try to move and massage, it's of course not the same. I didn't want to freak out about it, but I didn't want it to be bad news and not tell my doc and whatnot. It's prolly nothing, I know. __________________ My Etsy Fe Chick Apparel tumble log Aoife in Wonderland Werkit.com - Providing the most stylish training logs you've ever seen, while retaining all the function you need. Oh yeah!