A clot ... a bruise!? or ? not sure what this is?!

[Eva]

All of a sudden I felt crucial pain on touching my arm next to my elbow. Ouch!

It is painful area to the touch, round shaped, not soft not hard...thick-jelly like, slightly blue, and can be pushed a bit around!

I forgot to take my 8 mgs of Warfarin on Saturday. I took them instead on Sunday around 5 pm instead of the usual 10:30 pm routine. Today, I again took 8 mg instead of the usual 7 mgs.

When I felt the pain, I checked my INR which was 2.2!!

I put warm pads on the area and I hope it will help dissolve it if it is a clot.

Any thoughts?! Thanks in advance.

 

[Cooker]

Eva,

I get little knots from time to time and they are usually in the center of a bruise. The knots are sore and take a while to go away, just another thing I deal with on warfrin. With a 2.2 INR I feel sure you are fine but if it continues to bother you (physically or by worry) get it checked out.

hugs,
Tom

 

[Eva]

Thanks, Tom, for sharing. Normally 2.2 INR does not worry me, but 2.2 and a knot did worry me a bit.

This nmorning the knot was less painful and much smaller, with no change in color!!

I remember now that I did have a similar knot a bit lower than the top of my family doctor nor cardio gave it any importance.

Hugs back, Eva