Posted 1/22/2015 1:24 AM (GMT 0)
This has happened to me the past 2-3 infusions. First off I'll stay that I'm morbidly obese (up to 374, ugh) and for the past 3 years I've had pretty bad edema in the affected leg (my right leg). The area itself is across my shinbone, red and very warm to the touch. I saw my GI following my last infusion so he saw it and didn't really seem to say anything about it.
But last night when it appeared my health anxiety kicked in and I ran to the ER. I was given Cephalexin and I need to call my GI to see what I can do about this. Since it occurs right after the infusion.
In the meantime I'm very stressed, I don't handle health problems well and even though I've had this happen before at exactly the same time, and it went away on its own I'm still nervous about it this time.
I want to put an ice pack on it to reduce the warmth but I'm not sure what else to do.