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.
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Scan update: the magic of collaterals?
This whole vascular surgery journey has taught me a heck of a lot about the vascular system that I simply didn’t know before. Having all my previous surgical experience firmly planted in orthopaedics, this has been a roller coaster ride of learning and discovery.
It has now been 3 weeks since my last surgery, and time for a scan and an update on how the graft is doing.
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