Six days after my regular doctor appointment for 20 weeks, when I was then at 22 weeks gestation, I noticed my left lower leg had begun to feel tingly. I mentioned this to Ross that evening and he suggested that maybe I was lacking iron. I sent a message to my Doctor and she too suggested increasing my iron, but also to schedule an appointment for the following Thursday.
For the next 4 days, my left leg tingled. I found places for the kids to stay during my appointment and went to discuss the new development with Dr Kallock.
When she arrived, she immediately noticed my eyes, which were then bright red. "Are you alright?" she asked me. I mentioned that for the last 4 days I had noticed that my eyes were red around the cornea and bloodshot elsewhere. We laughed at how vampiry I looked. After deciding to test if it's my contacts, by having me wear just my glasses, she moved on to my leg.
Dr Kallock did say it was presenting it self more like a superficial AVM (what Anna had mentioned), and that because I'm now having other symptoms (tingling) we should go ahead and make an appointment for a vascular diagnostic ultrasound. Because I am pregnant, we're not sure what can be done after the diagnosis, but it's better to know what is going on than be in the dark.
Appointment is set for Wed Aug 28, just less than a week from this recent Dr appointment.
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