Anyone here have peripheral artery disease (PAD)?

Posted by peggyn @peggyn, Jul 31, 2019

Does anyone here have or know anything about PAD?

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I have mild pad. My legs have brownsplotches, unlearned that plaque is building up and narrowing blood flow. This makes it more difficult for sores to heal on legs. It may give you pain and ferocious veins on some. You have to carefully watch as you can get a blood clot which could kill you. Cholesterol levels and changing your diet is crutial and 2alking to get the blood moving.
I found the more help was a calcium score test given with out prescription for about 99.00 at your local hospital. The federal goverment respects this test so much you have to have it yo check plaque in your body or you can not go into outer space

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I was just told I have PAD a few weeks ago.
My legs and feet hurt so bad after being on them all day at work.
My Doctor done a complete bloodwork up on me and a CT scan and an ultrasound, because I have a spontaneous systemic shunt that formed in my body.
And found out I have Portal Hypertension and many other problems, along with a 12mm cyst on my liver so I have some serious blood flow problems going on
I do know some day I can’t hardly walk because of the pain in my legs and the swelling is bad as well

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April 2023 had a blood clot removed from hunter's canal behind right knee. Stent inserted and sent home with 3 meds. Never had clot issues nor anyone in the family. Never took pharma meds before this episode and thought i was healthy. Eliquis caused ALOT of huge bruises. 7 months later in ER with baseball hematoma on my left hand. they say I banged it. I don't recall that. Vasc dr. took me off Eliquis. Now I take plavix, aspirin81 and a statin at night. Didn't feel old before this med episode but now I do.

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