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Lose a leg countdown: 5 days to go

  • by Melanie Magowan
  • Posted on 03/10/202012/10/2020
  • amputation

So, what on earth do you do with your last 5 days standing on your own two feet? I’ve had a number of suggestions including taking up tap dancing! But here’s what I actually do […]

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D Day: do I get to save the leg?

  • by Melanie Magowan
  • Posted on 01/10/202001/10/2020
  • vascular surgery

As you know, we have been round and round multiple surgeries to try and restore the blood flow to my leg, with no avail so far. Last week I was in for a (failed) angiogram. […]

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#Savetheleg – the final straw?

  • by Melanie Magowan
  • Posted on 24/09/202001/10/2020
  • vascular surgery

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 […]

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Next stage plan: save the leg

  • by Melanie Magowan
  • Posted on 16/09/202001/10/2020
  • vascular surgery

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 […]

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Should you have to fight to save your own limb?

  • by Melanie Magowan
  • Posted on 14/09/2020
  • vascular surgery

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 […]

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