As you know it has been a long complicated and emotionally challenging journey thus far and we are nowhere near done yet. Here is a summary of what has been done so far and what they planned to do on my latest hospital admission. Finally, I will end with an update on how it all went.
Continue reading “#Savetheleg – the final straw?”Month: September 2020
Next stage plan: save the leg
It continues to be a long and complicated road, made more complex by the ‘uniqueness’ of my problem (great – on this occasion I do NOT want to be unique!). But, here is what the plan is for the next stage in the ‘Save the Leg’ process.
Continue reading “Next stage plan: save the leg”Should you have to fight to save your own limb?
If you have followed my whole vascular surgery you will know that I have now equipped myself with some sound Vascular medical knowledge. I am also very self aware, and since the diagnosis was placed in the vascular camp, everything that has gone wrong since, I have known before anyone else. What is more, I have been right every time when I tell them WHAT I think had gone wrong.
Continue reading “Should you have to fight to save your own limb?”How to prepare for having your leg chopped off
This isn’t yet a certain outcome, but the odds have shortened significantly from 20% likelihood when they first found the blocked artery in March, to just 50-50 when I visited surgeon Jo on Friday. So I really need to start thinking about this properly and how my life might look afterwards.
Continue reading “How to prepare for having your leg chopped off”All is not well in the land of the left leg
I started having trouble again around 2 weeks ago. First it started with occasional foot pain, then I started to notice other things. I immediately knew something was wrong.
Continue reading “All is not well in the land of the left leg”