from husband Bill, May 6, 2026
Here we go again. I require yet another medical/surgical procedure (probably outpatient) within the next several days. Here's the deal.
In November 2025, I had artery-bypass surgery due to a three-foot-long blockage in the main artery within my left leg. The surgeons removed a three-foot-long vein in my right leg and inserted it into my left leg to bypass the blockage.
Yesterday, I had a follow-up ultrasound done of my left leg. Today, I consulted with my vascular surgeon at his office about the results. (bad news)
The artery in my left leg that feeds blood into the vein graft/bypass and to the rest of my left leg has narrowed since my bypass surgery, which means not enough blood is flowing. The procedure needs to be done as soon as possible, or I could lose the bypass.
I require an angiogram to see what's going on, with the possibility of inflating a balloon within the narrow artery and/or installing a stent. A camera will be inserted in my groin area and pushed down my leg to the location of the problem. At that time, the surgeon will determine what needs to be done. (I had this procedure done several years ago, before my heart surgery.)
My medical "fun" just doesn't stop. Between March 2022 and November 2025, I endured eight surgeries.
*March 2022: quadruple coronary artery bypass surgery ... removal of a vein in my left thigh to be used in my open-heart surgery; broken sternum (breastbone)
*May 2022: first chest surgery to remove loose screws/sternal plate holding my broken breastbone together, and to clean out a staph infection within my chest
*May 2022: second chest surgery to close a 14-inch-long incision in my chest after it remained open for about a week.
*September 2023: first spine surgery to remove an abscess within an infected disk
*October 2023: second spine surgery to affix titanium metal rods to my "collapsing" spine due to a bone infection
*April 2024: right ankle surgery due to two fractures and a bone infection
*November 4, 2025: artery bypass surgery ... three-foot-long blockage in the main artery in my left leg ... three-foot-long vein in my right leg removed and inserted within my left leg
*November 8, 2025: amputation of the third and fourth toes of my left foot due to my artery blockage.
Before all this, I had three other surgeries on my left foot to removed decayed bone and scar tissue, plus I had nasal/sinus surgery to remove eight polyps and to clean out and expand all eight of my sinuses. (Don't forget having my tonsils removed in 1966, when I was five years old.)
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Here we go again. I require yet another medical/surgical procedure (probably outpatient) within the next several days. Here's the deal.
In November 2025, I had artery-bypass surgery due to a three-foot-long blockage in the main artery within my left leg. The surgeons removed a three-foot-long vein in my right leg and inserted it into my left leg to bypass the blockage.
Yesterday, I had a follow-up ultrasound done of my left leg. Today, I consulted with my vascular surgeon at his office about the results. (bad news)
The artery in my left leg that feeds blood into the vein graft/bypass and to the rest of my left leg has narrowed since my bypass surgery, which means not enough blood is flowing. The procedure needs to be done as soon as possible, or I could lose the bypass.
I require an angiogram to see what's going on, with the possibility of inflating a balloon within the narrow artery and/or installing a stent. A camera will be inserted in my groin area and pushed down my leg to the location of the problem. At that time, the surgeon will determine what needs to be done. (I had this procedure done several years ago, before my heart surgery.)
My medical "fun" just doesn't stop. Between March 2022 and November 2025, I endured eight surgeries.
*March 2022: quadruple coronary artery bypass surgery ... removal of a vein in my left thigh to be used for my heart
*May 2022: first chest surgery to remove loose screws/sternal plate holding my broken breastbone together, and to clean out a staph infection within my chest
*May 2022: second chest surgery to close a 14-inch-long incision in my chest after it remained open for about a week.
*September 2023: first spine surgery to remove an abscess within an infected disk
*October 2023: second spine surgery to affix titanium metal rods to my "collapsing" spine due to a bone infection
*April 2024: right ankle surgery due to two fractures and a bone infection
*November 4, 2025: artery bypass surgery (explained above)
*November 8, 2025: amputation of the third and fourth toes of my left foot due to my artery blockage.
I also had three other surgeries on my left foot, and nasal/sinus surgery.
May 6, 2026
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