Hi Angie
You should have seen my feet after the birth of my first baby - absolutely enormous and you could leave an impression of your fingers on the top of my feet.

I guess different things can cause your feet to swell up - and for you that is maybe in a warm place on your feet most of the day. It happens to lots of people on aeroplanes too - in this case you need to keep getting active and getting the circulation going to clear it.

It is fluid building up in your feet - if you rest with your feet up it will drain away. It's probably entirely normal - everyone's feet are bigger by the end of the day - that is why they tell you if you are shopping for shoes you should try on at the end of the day.

Why not get the doctor to check it out - do you have problems with the rings on your fingers too - some people notice that... It's the same sort of thing.

I wouldn't think it is caused by anxiety - but your anxiety might make it seem worse than it really is!

bead x

This is known as dependent edema and is caused by extracellular fluid which typically causes swelling in the extremities, most noticably in the ankles. Many things can produce this type of edema, from sitting too long at the computer to spending too much time in the sun, increasing your intake of salt, etc. While there are other causes, in the absence of known disease I'll simply tell you that you're worrying needlessly.

Simply place a pillow under your feet while seated on the couch or lying in bed in order to elevate them above your heart. The swelling will dissipate in time and you'll be fine. Nothing to worry about here.

Best regards and Good Health

Okay, i know, it's me again!!!!
Been away and it has been hot, but my ankles are very bad and really scared me, even more than before i think.
They have been going up in the day and down at night and are fine in the morning, but, as i have been wearing my sandles, flat shoes and flip flops they are back up again.  I have walked a lot so ankles and muscles in legs are painful at the moment anyway, but left one is swollen and right one is really bad, looks like something that i would have nursed on the wards.  Then the ectopics are getting to me as well and i am connecting them for some reason, heart failure fears i suppose, but muliple ectopics and then single big and nasty ones, really don't help my fears and still terrify me lots.
I have sat for an hour with my feet up and they are still as bad, right one worse still.  The swelling is all around now, not just at the inside like before and last night i had to wear training socks and trainers as i was that scared and so i couldn't see them!  My feet were swollen last night too and painful with it.  Feet have gone down now though, just ankles.  I really don't like the heat!!!
Please reassure me that this is normal and nothing to worry about, i get so scared.
I noticed while away, that girls, young too, were wearing sandles and flip flops and their ankles were swollen too, but it didn't make me feel any better.xx :'(

Hi RLR, i know i haven't been on for a while but i have been trying to just forget about things and 'keep going'.  I have had good days and bad, like everyone else i suppose.  But these past few days i have been so very scared and just have to 'vent'.  Hope you don't mind.
My ankles have swollen up very badly, never been like this before.  All up around my ankle bone, started on the left side and now they are both swollen.  The weather here has been warm and i have not been wearing socks each day.  They do improve slightly by morning but then go back up again.  I have been drinking water, cranberry juice but it hasn't made any difference.  Wondering if this would take time to work anyway and not happen overnight!
I can't stop thinking about it and am so anxious and upset about it all the time.  I am going away for 4 days now and i really don't want to go.  
My bp is fine, i don't have a urine infection, my ECG's are fine.  My sats are 98%.
I am so scared that this will not go or do something to me.  
I have worn socks today and have just looked and they are still as bad, no improvement at all, and i have creases all over my ankles and feet where my socks have been.  
As you know i am 39, i do not take any medications.
Still suffering with the dizziness and all the other problems too.
Could this be hormonal?  If so why now?  
I know so people take water tablets, but i can't take medication and i don't think i should have too at my age anyway.  That would lower my bp, normally low enough already.
I am concerned as to why this is happening really and what it means.
I am just so frightened by this.
Thankyou.
Angiebaby.

Thankyou RLR.  Just got back off holiday and have been so scared that i have worn socks all the time and not looked at them if i could help it.  They are still swollen.  Just trying not to think about it now really, getting too wound up about it i think.
Angiebaby.x