Day 4 in the countdown to getting my leg chopped off. Today’s musings… some thoughts that will make you re-consider what you take for granted.
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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?”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.
Continue reading “Week 1: post – save the leg”Dealing with an uncertain future…
I am struggling to wrap my head around this whole thing. The real chance of significant permanent disability, the stark reality that my right leg will not ever be as good again, and the actual fact that I cannot ride a bike and do not know if I ever will.
Continue reading “Dealing with an uncertain future…”Emergency surgery – facing another hospital stay
I feel like it has been one calamity after another lately. It’s as I was getting over the knee replacement, I began to have problems with my left (non TKR) leg. An 18 month fight with the medical system and multiple bungles / incorrect diagnoses could now leave me with permanent damage and loss of function.
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