Have 4 hours to decide what to do - Swollen foot/leg 2.5 months after foot fracture

[Isa2012]

Last night at around 1AM I realized that my left calf was swollen, and when I got back to my hotel room I saw that my entire left calf and foot were swollen. In just a few hours I need to leave for the airport to travel from New York City to London. Not sure if I should do something/take something/go see a medical professional between now and then, I have just a few hours to decide and act. Any advice appreciated!

A few important/relevant factors:
- Just generally about me, 41 year old female in generally good health except for my foot injury
- I broke my foot 2.5 months ago, specifically my 5th metatarsal, no surgery was needed
- I was non weight bearing for approx 1.5 months and then have slowly started walking indoors with the boot, then outdoors with the boot, then indoors with regular shoes (comfortable walking/running shoes), then outdoors with regular shoes (as long as it's not very uneven)
- I've been doing some traveling recently, last week from Tampa FL to Denver Colorado and back a few days later, then a few days after that from Tampa FL to New York City (which is where I am now).
- While in Colorado I was able to do some outdoor hiking (in the walking boot) and never had any issues with swelling
- Last night I was in work meetings and then a work event in NYC, so I did a lot of both sitting and standing throughout the day, I had no issues at any time but then at the very end of the evening, around 1AM I felt that my left calf felt tight.
- Last night before going to bed I iced my foot (which I pretty much do daily right now anyway), put on a compression sock (which I've been wearing on all my flights), took some asprin, and prompted the foot up on some pillows.
- This morning the swelling has definitely gone down, the tightness in my calf is almost all gone and there's just a bit of swelling still in the foot. I just removed the compression sock for a bit and iced again, and just put the compression sock back on.
- I'm overly sensitive to DVT right now because my father who is 80 just had a medical emergency that was partially caused by multiple blood clots in both of his legs related to travel.

Questions on my mind right now are:
- Is this just swelling from being up a lot of the evening and nothing to worry about?
- Should I go to an urgent care clinic to get it checked out (even though there's not really much to see anymore)? Would they really be able to confirm whether or not it's DVT?
- Should I take asprin again, or aleve as an anti-inflamatory? or if I go to a clinic would they give me something that would be better for this specific situation?
- Is there anything I should consider regarding my flight? I'm really not in a position to delay my trip to London, but of course I don't want to have greater complications that could be more serious (the scary PE risks if it is DVT)

Thank you in advance for any help!

[SassyLassie]

Hello, I just saw this. I am glad that you had it checked. If it gets worse after you are home or not any better, then I would certainly see the GP.

[GuitarRox]

Hope you see this in time. I'd go to urgent care before I got on a plane for a long flight. While the issue very well could be due to continued healing of your previous break, it's not worth the risk. I'd want to be checked out. Go to the doctor before leaving the country or taking a long plane trip. DVT is serious and yes, that's a symptom of it and so needs to be ruled out.

[Isa2012]

Thank you! Urgent care didn’t have the equipment to check for clots so I ended up going yo the ER. Because of the time crunch the doctor did a handheld ultrasound check and didn’t find any blood clots. The swelling seems to have gone down a bit but the doc recommended I keep a close eye on it still if it gets worse or doesn’t get better in the next few days.