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Week 1: post – save the leg

It’s been a week now since I was discharged from hospital following 4 emergency surgeries to save my left lower leg from amputation. And what a roller coaster it has been.

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Author MelaniePosted on 05/08/202012/08/2020Categories vascular surgeryTags leg, leg update, pico dressing, vascular, vascular surgery

Leg update…

I truly have had a challenging few weeks. It started with a failed mammogram, where I was recalled for further tests. Wait mammogram? Yep, mammogram, my very first, which apparently are free and offered to all women from the age of 45, I joked at first it was my old lady test.  Continue reading “Leg update…”

Author MelaniePosted on 31/03/201717/04/2017Categories InvercargillTags consultant, knee, leg, pain

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