The elephant in the room? (Only an elephant if you didn’t have memory or history of my overall condition). But the elephant is … Having had 2 DVTs over time and aware of the dangers of invasive surgery, I had warned Drs, surgeons, pharmacists, nurses, specialists, EVERYONE, that the biopsy would give me a 3rd DVT )becasue they intened to and did stop my Warfarin at the time) but no, I was advised “I’d be fine” … I even ‘negotiated’ with a special meds nurse whose job it was to ‘prep’ patients to ensure they got the correct meds pre op and I said, if I was going to have to come off Warfarin, please give me Clexane as an insurance policy and while this was unlikely, they said, at the last minute I was advised that I was going to be given Clexane … which soothed my anxiety. EXCEPT, in reality, they never did. “You’ll be fine, Mr Goodland” (Long pause) … but I wasn’t and I DID get a 3rd DVT – plus my healed sciatica issue of 15 years prior was awoken and I ended up with a numb right foot too!. I mention this, and wish you to record it, because, now with hindsight, my Dr has acknowledged that I suffer ‘chronic DVT” … so future “invasive therapy” is never going to be suitabkle for me. Surgery is out!
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