Started having sudden onset chest pain on the way to work so had to go to the ER to rule out a pulmonary embolism. After a spiral CT of my chest they figured out that a chunk of the onyx surgical glue that they injected into my leg had broken lose and traveled up intoContinue reading “Pseudo-Pulmonary Embolism”
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First Surgery
First surgery today on my leg. They said they were doing an angiogram & then treating. After putting down under general, they injected Onyx surgical glue into 4 sites under fluoro.
Reenlistment
Today I re-enlisted for another year!
Interventional Radiology
Met with the interventional Radiologist today. He says 2-4 surgeries and I should be good as new. I’ll have the first surgery in Nov.
EMT Time
While waiting around to meet with the IR doc, I headed to Boise to complete my EMT Refresher to renew my expired license.
Vascular Surgeon
Today I met with the vascular surgeon. The good news is no more boot. The bad news is the malformation is so big he won’t go anywhere near it. He’s referring me to a local interventional radiologist who he says is the only one in town who might be “crazy enough” to touch it andContinue reading “Vascular Surgeon”
Twinning
Well apparently misery loves company. My aunt came into town for my cousin’s kiddo’s birthday party & we’re twinning in our boots.
Diagnosis
Arterio-Venous Malformation (AVM) Diagnosis
Something’s Wrong
It all started in San Antonio. I was sent there to rep my state for a conference. The night after I got there things started going wrong. I sent the above message to a group of my friends. When I said hurts I mean, 7/10 pain after a dose of Tramadol. They all told meContinue reading “Something’s Wrong”
The Broken Body Builder 