Sqad And/or Slaney Please.

[gness]

Just had a consultation with my GP. He went through the blood test results which were all good....and there were many. All the checks he did today...hips, BP etc. are perfect too. On paper I am very fit and healthy. Just can't walk well and still have swollen legs......for which there "appears" to be no reason. Having a chest X-ray tomorrow.
He still has had no response to his letters and phone calls to the consultant...neither have I but I still have the appointment mid April.
Looking at the hospital computer he saw that the results of the ultra sound said the leg pulses were fine......the consultant who first saw me said they weren't.
They also reported that there were no arterial problems but there was an inflow issue. GP didn't know what that meant. I guess I will find out in April...perhaps.
Can either of you enlighten me at all?
He is quite amused by the high heel remedy and my use of an inversion table to move the fluid.....quite where it goes I have no idea.
Thank you. Gx

[Sqad]

Well........the angiograms did show narrowing and you do have intermittent claudication, so i would agree with the Consultant.

Trouble with "modern doctors" is that they only understand "links," robust clinical methods, nothing wrong with that, but the old fashioned method of raising the heel to relieve intermittent claudication was well established practice before angiography and bypass surgery.

My initial comment concerning the swelling of the legs remains the same being due to slow venous return, leading to pooling and swelling (oedema).

Again poor NHS care and communication.....in my opinion.

[society]

Sqad, you sound to me like you might have been a hell of a good doctor in your
doctor-practicing days. :)

[Sqad]

society.......LOL........average.......about average.

[gness]

Sqad...I haven't had an angiogram yet....I don't think. It was booked last year but they couldn't do it when I got there. All I've had is the original consultation with a doppler gadget and an ultrasound of tummy and legs.
An angiogram is different to those isn't it?
Yours.....confused.Gness. x

[Sqad]

Sorry....I confused you......yes angiograms and Doppler s are different, but the end result is the same.........state of the arteries.

[gness]

Ah....thank you...so I have bad arteries on the doppler and good arteries on the ultrasound....oh well.....someone will sort it I'm sure.......perhaps.

Do you know what an inflow issue is? Could it be a problem with the blood getting from my tummy to my legs......I'll get this tummy tuck yet. ;-)

[Sqad]

Oi! hang on sex.......

Doppler and ultrasound are basically the same procedure done at the same time showing the same things.

Inflow is the state of the lower aortas and iliac arteries which provide blood to the legs.

Now, we know that you have arterial problems in the legs, also in the lower aorta and ilio-femoral arteries, but we need to be more precis.
We need ANGIOGRAMS.

[shoota]

I could deal with your inflow issue......

[tonyav]

LOL @ shoota, and to think that I kept away from this thread c'os gness is being serious.

[gness]

Right........thank you Sqad. I shall try to get an angiogram.......as for the sex.... :-(
Mind you...if it lasted as long as getting this appointment has.......... Wow! x

[gness]

Oh I give up.......... ;-)

Hi Shoota and Tony. xx

[tonyav]

Hi ya gness.

[shoota]

I tried to Tony but, y'know.....

[tonyav]

Yeah I know shoota, sometimes it's irresistible. As is gness.

[shoota]

See an opening and just go for it.....

[tonyav]

LOL.

[gness]

Oh my hat!.......I'm trying to get some sympathy here.

[tonyav]

Your getting some gness, It's just our way of showing it !.

[shoota]

I'm offering to help.....

[gness]

Ahhh....thank you both.......I think. xx