Sqad..please Be Around Soon.

[gness]

I rarely last long on a serious thread...☺

I had tests at Peterborough yesterday...what a different hospital.

My legs are fine as is the right artery, just a very slight narrowing but nothing of concern.

The left artery, just below where it joins the aorta, shows narrowing....quite severe is what I was told. I suppose this is what was seen in Kettering that wasn't acted upon as it is the same spot.

I know I have to wait for the consultation for definite results but the radiologist did say that in cases like this angioplasty is used.

I guess this will restore full blood flow to my leg and improve my walking..
...to what it was before?

Thanks...Gx

[jno]

have you got one hospital for each leg? You sound like a great consumer of resources

[shoota]

Take 600mg Ibuprofen and monitor the situation........


Thinking of your legs!

[gness]

Rarely use NHS resources, jno.....just needed to find a consultant who actually looked at and acted upon test results.

[Tilly2]

Gness, I'm sorry to hear about this. I know nothing about angioplasty but wish you well, if you have to go down that route.

Looking forward to marching around Rutland with you again.

[ferlew]

Not Squad, but I had this procedure 3 years ago Gness, I was able to see it on a screen. They went up to the heart through a vein in the groin.
Uncomfy, but not agony. The little stent stretches the artery allowing blood to flow properly.

[Sqad]

Thanks for the feedback....at last a confirmation of what we already knew.
The post of ferlew is very appropriate.

Feedback much appreciated.

[Sqad]

LOL......just read ferlew's post again.........sorry it has nothing whatsoever to do with your case except the angioplasty will be done through an artery in the groin.

[shoota]

Will that restore good blood flow to the legs Sqad?

[Sqad]

shoota.......yes.

[gness]

Sqad....yes at last. Just wish things had moved a bit quicker a year ago... thanks for all your input...and if fact for telling me what was wrong in the first place....x

Tilly..thanks...you have now idea how much I miss marching around Rutland as I used to.....let's hope I'm fit for the spring arrivals....☺

Ferlew.....did it return your walking to what it was before? All well with Mr Ferlew?...x

[shoota]

'Cause I wouldn't want her to be able to run too fast.......

[gness]

Morning, Shoota...x

Sqad...I don't mind where they go and what they do...as long as I can walk, dance and chase Shoota.....☺

[Sqad]

gness......pleasure.

I have mentioned above that the condition for which ferlew had her procedure was different to yours and for a different reason.

You will be offered various procedures by the surgeon.....my advice.....opt for the angioplasty.

[Baldric]

Shoota, much as I wish gness all the best, I do bear in mind there's a few of us will have to up our pace a bit if she regains top speed!

[shoota]

Indeed Balduck, worrying isn't it?
Think I'll book a couple of these de-coke jobs for myself.....

[gness]

Baldric and Shoota....bear in mind I now have backup in the form of an electric bike....☻

Sqad...thanks...I will. I know little but feel this is the right procedure for me.

[Baldric]

"We're doomed I tell ya, doomed!"

[gness]

Ahhh....relax and enjoy the doom.....x

[Baldric]

Oh, ok then, never thought of that!

[shoota]

We'll get one of these Buddy - you can drive:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN5PAwc1ns8