i havent been diagnosed with bad
circulation other than reynauds disease by
a doctor but my symptoms say it may be
wider spread than just that, my hands anf
feet are both like ice all the time and
even my knees are discolored slightly and
quite cold. if i apply pressure the skin
my hands feet or Knees it takes a bit
longer than people with healthy
circulation for the color to return and
even then the color is a blue/bright and
sometimes blotchy white with red color as
well
i also tend to get cramp in my calves and
the topside of my forearms, but mostly
just my calves and sometimes experience
dullness in my hearing (anyone who knows
about sound might understand this
explination, the lows sound muffled and
the highs sound piercing and overal makes
it difficult to concentrate on sounds and
easily become bother at times from them as
well) as well i sometimes have vision
abnormailities where light seems to hurt
and cause me not to be able to do things
like stare at the computer screen for more
than a few moments and finally altho my
sed-rate is only 9 according to a full
blood panel done in early december, ever
since i started experiencing the cramps
and other things mentioned above i also
seem to be suffering from non-inflammetory
joint pain in my wrists and fingers.
im 25 and i have no idea what my
cholesterol level is because the doc said
my triglycerides were too high to measure
it the number he gave me was 688 a few
months ago. im not the least bit
overweight(6'2" 180lbs fairly toned) but
am a smoker (down to 3-5 a day now) and
take adderall 50mg(20mg 2x a day and a
third 10mg dose) a day for severe adult
adhd and 1mg of xanax a day(either split
.5 2x a day or 1mg at night) for anxiety.
i use to be a heavy pot smoker but have
nearly cut that out of my life over the
past 5 months. also in 2006 i was walking
5-20 miles a day for a few months strait
but this past year and this current winter
especially i've had basicly no exercise, i
currently collect dissability for
psychiatric conditions and tend to be
anti-social unless i have visitors.
now my concern is this, on wensday jan
30th 2 days from now im going for surgery
to repair a possible meniscus tear and a
deffinite torn acl in my left knee that
was injured on october 30th 2007 and am
really worried about the impact the things
i mentioned above may have first on a
reaction to general anestesia and second
how it may affect the recovery and healing
of my knee. i'll be having a cadaver acl
put in to replace the torn one but im
wondering if i should put this off for the
time being and focus on trying to heal my
circulation, the injury is not hindering
my daily activity what so ever. it doesnt
hurt, is not swollen, and is stable enough
to walk on and even hike with without
becoming aggravated. i can jump on the leg
by itself as well as twist side to side
without fear of loosing stability, i can
also go from being on the floor to
standing using the injured leg without a
problem. does anyone have any experience
that could benefit me here? please get
back to me as soon as possible, i'll be
checking this every so often till the
date. thank you in advance
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AshNine
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 26 Jan 2008 Posts: 6
Posted: 01-28-08 13:19pm
i also forgot to add my average blood
pressure is about 150 over 95 pulse
usually 95-120 but my pulse has been that
way as long as i can remember altho 2
years ago my blood pressure was a steady
120/80
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mindash
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 04 Mar 2008 Posts: 9
Posted: 03-05-08 15:10pm
well the surgery went well and the doc
seemed unconcerned in regards to my
mention of undiagnosed circulation
troubles but now its march 5th and im
worried because im still experiencing a
moderate case of edema from just above my
knee down to my ankle. the same area is
also red and throwing off heat, first
thing this morning it was covering the
entire area, while now the redness is
mainly localized to a area around the leg
just above the ankle going up the leg
about 5-6 inches. also i now have a dark
purple sore spot as round/big as a pencil
eraser on the tip of my big toe and i plan
on calling the doc tomorrow since today is
his surgery day.
as far as the actual surgery's sucess. im
able to bend my knee 130 degrees already
and can walk using a single crutch just as
a security measure but can manage without
it. anyone have any advice?
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tigger28
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 28 Mar 2008 Posts: 7
circulation problems Posted: 03-31-08 23:33pm
Go to a heart specialst a vasicular doctor
a regular heart doctor they deal with
circulation problems. I know because my
mom has pad and that is who diagnosed it.
It can affect problems but they are the
ones who knows meds that work for
circulation problems. my mom finally went
in one dayt and just cried and they looked
into her problem. She was lucky one of her
artieys in her leg was 100 % blocked and
other one was 95 % block but does not show
up in heart catherations only on tests for
the legs and etc.
So if you can go to a good heart
specilaist they can help you out,