Blood Clots & Needles

So......yesterday didn't turn out like I expected!
I'd been feeling a pain in my left calf muscle since Saturday afternoon, kind of like it was pulled or torn but didn't think too much of it, but when it was still sore on Sunday and I got to thinking about how I hadn't actually done anything to aggravate it and then remembered the risks of thrombosis after surgery, then I though it would be best to get Mike to call the Dr's first thing on Monday morning and have it checked out.
So, very impressively, Mike managed to get me in to the Dr's for 9:30 yesterday and after being checked out, my Dr sent me straight to the hospital where I had ultrasound on my legs and they found the clot - drat!
From there, I then was wheel chaired to another part of the hospital for treatment and once there I had 3 test tubes of blood taken for testing and then the most painful injection ever in my stomach to thin the blood. I was then given a whole new load of meds and needles, along with a booklet of info about it all/
Basically, every day now for the next week, a nurse will come to the house to inject me in the stomach and take blood and then later that day I have to take Warfarin to thin my blood - I will have to take this for 3 months and will have loads of visits to the Dr's over the next few months.
I will also have to carry a card with me that lets people know I am taking this, in case something happens and for e.g. I cut myself, my blood won't be clotting as normal.

All a but rubbish really and it feels like a set back as I am not feeling too bad otherwise with my CI and it seems to be improving little by little each day, but now it is even longer that I have to sit still, feet up and do nothing - argh!
But I do know that I am very lucky to have had this checked out and treated and hopefully disperse the clot before it moves and does any damage, which I only know too well can be fatal.

When I got up this morning my leg felt worse and a lot tighter, but after taking my pills for my CI, it felt a little better....the nurse came and saw me and injected me about an hour ago - my poor tum is going to be like a little pin cushion after all this :(