On Aug 1, I was able to head to the beach for a few hours just to rest, relax and take in the view from Belvedere Beach. As I was getting up to leave, I felt a pain in the back of my left thigh. I checked it out when I got home, expecting to see a bug bite, but it was a bulging mass of balled up blue veins. It was not an enjoyable sight. It was tender to the touch but nothing incredibly painful.
When my sister was in town to help drive us back to Chicago for our trip home to Tacoma, I had her take a look at it. She said it looked like a AVM-where the veins and arteries meet together instead of through capillaries. And the veins leading to the 2cm x 3cm mass were dilated. She didn't think that traveling would be an issue, but since I'm her sister and pregnant she didn't want to miss something more.
Since I was traveling with 2 kids on an airplane, after a day of driving, I too wanted a peaceful frame of mind about what this was on my leg. Anna took me to the local hospital, and the doctor there confirmed her assessments that I would be fine, though he just discussed it as varicose veins and not AVM. The main mass had calmed down a bit so wasn't as bulging.
I still have it, and will be discussing it with my own doctor at today's 20 week appointment. (I am 21 weeks . . .)
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