Hi Julia,
Welcome to the forum. Sad you're here, but glad you're here, if you know what I mean!
Sorry to hear about your DVT in May... wow--playing golf, who would suspect? Glad you shared!
I think most of us here can absolutely relate to it being scary. I totally understand!
I too, felt some anxiety, although it was discovered that I had a PE (pulmonary embolism). PE can sometimes give the feeling of anxiety and crushing. I had a heavy pressing feeling in the middle of my chest.... felt like my bra (in between breasts) was digging/pressing into my chest. I kept taking them off, but no... it wasn't the bras! They did an angiogram and found it. It was only (luckily!) a little one, and lodged lower in my lung, but none-the-less, that's what it was. They also found a 1 cm. scar in there too, indicating that I had one previously as well. Soooooo, my suggestion is to ask for an angiogram or xray. (Mine was the type where they inject dye into your arm.)
Regardless, they didn't discover the PE until a few weeks AFTER the xray, for whatever reason. But no cause for alarm because I was already taking Warfarin, so I was being treated as much as I could have been. But it still is important to KNOW!
Aside from that, of course it could be plain ol' anxiety. Most of us have had the heck scared out of us and then some. And DVT is an alarming thing to have, because it comes out of nowhere. Counseling is a great idea.... has it been helping? I think one of the hardest things is that other people (without DVT) don't understand just how scary it is. So I find it really helps to talk with others who "get me".
There are lots of great people here. I've made some great friends and they have all helped me get through this positively, and optimistically. (They also let me rant and vent, when I needed to!)
And they helped to educate me through it too. So I'm glad you came here!!
The stats to have it come back are roughly about 20% (off the top of my head), but of course it depends on a lot of variables. (i.e. how many risk factors you have, etc.) But, the good news is that means that there's an 80% chance it won't!
In the News section of this forum, I added the U.S. Surgeon General's 50 page booklet on DVT which has stats in there too.
In the meantime, hang in there Julia. You're a survivor and you'll get through this!! Stay strong and positive, and we are all here for you!
P.S. You can also send me a PM (private message) any time you need to chat.
Take care,
Brenda