My ankle has been hurting for about 10 days. The veins around my ankle bone and the base of my foot look black and it is swollen and so painful. I went to the ER on Saturday and he said it was a blood clot but not to be too worried and sent me home, no blood work, no hands on exam. I went to the doctor today and the D-dimer test was negative, but something tells me it’s not right. What do I do now?
If it gets no better go back. That is what happened to me, I had pain in my calf which I thought might be a clot, it was inflamed and painful. I went to the hospital and they told me it was a small clot in a minor vein and would disperse, it was not in a deep vein so was not dangerous. They gave me antibiotics so it didnt get infected and told it it would be some time before it got better. A few weeks later I was in hospital with a massive deep vein clot.