Hi @leongreenjr, I'm tagging members like @thankful @pete398 @peach414144 @seniordon09 @eileena @bonitav and others who have experience with peripheral artery disease.

Leon, is the calf pain a new symptom? Were you able to walk longer distances after the angioplasty?

That is something your cardiologist should hear about. If you had angioplasty done once there is a chance that another artery has started to close down have him look at the blood pathways down the legs heart might be good but veins that branch off to the legs might now have created a problem good luck dave

Excessive swelling due to poor blood flow. What can be done to reduce and lessen the pain?

I am not sure. We will be going to a new vascular surgeon in two weeks. Each time previously they have nit said anything about the veins. I will look up iliac veins, since I am unfamiliar. Thanks for the concern.

I have had calf pain since my TKR 9/2019. I have been checked twice for blood clots & negative. I had PVR test and it was normal. I can't walk more than half mile. Stairs and inclines make it worse. Insurance declining MRI.

My 84 yr old husband is in horrible thigh pain rt leg. MRI points to tangled inflamed nerves in his back no blood supply entering his veins in rt leg. Cholesterol clogged at 100% and stent was placed near groin giving him 20 % blood flow. An elderly noted surgeon is famed for this artery transfer but our cardiologist wants to wait and have aortic anurysim and artery transfer done at same time when anurysim measures 5.5 mm before Medicare will pay for. Had thot this would be taken care if 3 yrs ago but the pandemic hit and surgeon left the country for awhile. Husband can barely walk now with his walker a few feet. Turning Ober in bed causes Hugh pain. No one is getting
Any decent sleep. Also has loud phlemy COPD COUGH. supposed to use nebulizer and inhaler.
Spine doctor suggests Lamenectomy procedure but husband too scared so will wither away in his chair 24/7 so other alternative is physical therapy to stimulate some strength in his leg. Pain is so bad, stubborn,
scared ,
does no exercise , so that hubby experiencing early dementia. I am at my whits end being his caregiver having spinal issues of my own.
Problem is all treatment referrals are pushed so far out.

I have PAD thru out my legs and the plaque is in my stomach to my heart. It’s been 3 years since I found out. I don’t want surgery but I know I will one day!
Is there anyone here with the same condition? It’s so depressing to wake up every day and I can’t make the pain go away. I just want my normal life back. I haven’t been in a store for over 2 1/2 years.

Hi, I wasn't 'old' before this medical incident but now I feel it!
Problem with calf, thought it was the muscle. Foot went cold; went to UrgentCare-they sent me to ER ASAP. Had blood clot located in Hunters Canal. Doc tells me it's been there for awhile.
Angiogram to remove and then a stent. On Plavix, Eliquis & Aspirin81 along with a Statin at bed. I work full time and have a Sat job as well. I had to leave the Sat job early this week - I was just wiped out. I get sooo tired by 2-3 every day. I take Eliquis once in the a.m. and another 12 hours later. Plavix is just 1x in the a.m.
I want off all these meds. I took nothing before this 'event' . Curious that our family does not have history of blood clots -yet 6 months after having Covid I developed this? I thought I was going to die.

So sorry. Good luck.

I'd like to invite @jlf2, @judeeo, and @peggyn to this discussion on peripheral artery disease. While each member may have been diagnosed in a different way or from a different cause, the experience of the disease itself shares much of the same qualities.

@jlf2, you recently mentioned you are on your feet all day and they are extremely painful. Is this caused by the peripheral artery disease?