Surgery Tomorrow

YET ANOTHER SURGERY

Surgery (Angiogram), 11 a.m., tomorrow, May 8, 2026 ... arrival at 9 a.m. for pre-surgical testing: low blood flow in a collapsing artery in my left thigh that was connected to a three-foot-long vein graft removed from my right leg and inserted within my left leg to bypass a three-foot-long blockage within the main artery in my left leg during my artery-bypass surgery in November 2025 ... strong probability of placement of stent within narrow artery ... Surgery is most likely outpatient, "a-barrin' accidents," as Yosemite Sam said long ago. I mean, it's outpatient, unless there are complications.

May 5, 2026: ultrasound of left leg

May 6, 2026: appointment at vascular surgeon's office for results, with surgery scheduled for "as soon as possible," because of the chance of "losing" the vein graft

Between March 2022 and November 2025, I endured eight surgeries: 1 heart, 2 chest, 2 spine, 1 right ankle, 1 (both) legs, and 1 left foot. Other previous surgeries: three other surgeries on my left foot; nasal/sinus; and tonsils (in 1966, age 5). Also, two plural effusions (draining of fluid surrounding my lungs) and six weeks of dialysis.

I have had an angiogram performed several years ago, but at a longer distance in the opposite direction. It was prior to my quadruple coronary artery bypass surgery in March 2022.

Posted: May 7, 2026