I met with my "vascular surgeon" Dr. Schlieder on Wednesday. His summary is that my heart is great (yay!), but I do have a vascular occlusion (meaning blockage) in my left upper leg which is causing the pain in my left leg. Walking continues to be the main therapy along with baby aspirin. We will probably do an angiogram later in the summer to take pictures and maybe place a shunt, but it is in a slightly tricky spot so that decision will be made during the surgery. No big deal, just keep walking!
On other news, I had an ultrasound of my thyroid in response to a finding in the CT scan done by my hematologist to check out a cyst or something in my thyroid.
I don't like having a list of specialists, but hopefully, we will get these things "tuned up" and I will be good for the next 200,000 miles or 20 years!
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