I'm new just today. I'm a middle-aged woman, a young 58, almost 59 and I started out with discolouration of both my feet which I thought was a tan from the previous summer but my spouse said tans fade from year to year.
My doctor referred me to a physical medicine doctor and he questioned me seeing him, only because I had a morning appointment with my rheumatologist, same city and my doctor thought, i'm going to be in the same city for my morning appointment, so why not try this new doctor for an afternoon appointment. So, I went to see him and he questioned me being there and why would my doctor send me to see him. So, anyway, once again, I had x-rays done of my feet.
It was almost nine long months or more before I phoned the radiologist to find out what was going on, why hadn't he returned my doctor's calls. And she told me the same thing. I tried one more time and the receptionist at the radiologist's office, told me I had mild arterial calcification of my right heel, artherosclerosis, even.
Still no answers, so went to see a dermatologist in another city and he just gave me a cursory examination and said I had "leaky" veins, I suppose, meaning capillaries, so suggested the radiologist.
Then a long wait period and I was recommended to a general surgeon (i thought he was a vascular specialist) but he sent me, by way of my walk-in clinic, to another doctor, this one an internist. He saw nothing wrong with either my feet or my legs, that I should be monitored between he and my doctor. I've had this rash beginning sometime this year, maybe early summer.
I subscribe to a website site and I saw the words, help i've got a rash, clicked that on a read through many links about one's skin, the top layer, the second layer and on down and i've come to the conclusion, possibly, that I have a vascular rash which might have something to do with connective tissue disease, somewhere throught my top layers of skin.
I've had fibromyalgia for about two years and i'm going to start checking out lupus.
I don't believe a rash on one's inner arms, thighs and legs, appears for no reason.
I do know that the vein problem I have with my feet is because of valves that don't work right and blood in these veins, flows in the wrong direction and so, i've been wearing these support pantyhose, recommended by a dermatologist only they're considerably snug and that's at the lightest possible compression.
My jury's out right now and so, I continue to do my own research.
Anyone have any ideas?
By the way, just so you all know, i'm from canada but heck, health problems are the same regardless of the country one is from.