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<blockquote data-quote="Adele99" data-source="post: 627554" data-attributes="member: 47601"><p>Really pleased to hear that Jean, and long may your golfing days continue, it's a great sport for being out in the outdoors and relaxing surroundings. My GP had suggested it could be fixed when first told it I had vascular disease. I was quite excited when the Vascular surgeon ordered the MRI after noting it had rapidly deteriorated over 18 months, to see if I was suitable for stent ing or grafting, so was pretty gutted when it told it was too risky, and might only be tried if and when it looked like I was in imminent danger of losing that leg anyway as there was nothing to lose.</p><p></p><p> He drew a diagram to explain why this was so, , but was a bit shocked so didn't take it all in, something to do with length and number of blockages in upper leg and short distance between them, coupled with state of arteries he would graft onto, as well as state of lower leg arteries which he said were typical diabetic, albeit wasn't quite sure what that meant. </p><p></p><p>However hopefully when. I get checked agin in October, they'll say it isn't any worse. Have also developed an ulcer from a silly surface scratch , so hoping with the amount of care being given to it, it won't lead to anything else. I'm nearly 60 and have been diabetic for about 37 years now, so still young enough for restricted mobility to be a damned nuisance, but I get there on foot eventually.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Adele99, post: 627554, member: 47601"] Really pleased to hear that Jean, and long may your golfing days continue, it's a great sport for being out in the outdoors and relaxing surroundings. My GP had suggested it could be fixed when first told it I had vascular disease. I was quite excited when the Vascular surgeon ordered the MRI after noting it had rapidly deteriorated over 18 months, to see if I was suitable for stent ing or grafting, so was pretty gutted when it told it was too risky, and might only be tried if and when it looked like I was in imminent danger of losing that leg anyway as there was nothing to lose. He drew a diagram to explain why this was so, , but was a bit shocked so didn't take it all in, something to do with length and number of blockages in upper leg and short distance between them, coupled with state of arteries he would graft onto, as well as state of lower leg arteries which he said were typical diabetic, albeit wasn't quite sure what that meant. However hopefully when. I get checked agin in October, they'll say it isn't any worse. Have also developed an ulcer from a silly surface scratch , so hoping with the amount of care being given to it, it won't lead to anything else. I'm nearly 60 and have been diabetic for about 37 years now, so still young enough for restricted mobility to be a damned nuisance, but I get there on foot eventually. [/QUOTE]
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