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Specifically, I am looking for your experiences post-operation with leg swelling on your donor leg.
Most of the online sites have minimal information on this topic - usually like this:
The saphenous vein normally does only about 10% of the work of circulating blood from the leg back to the heart. Therefore, it can be taken out without harming the patient or adversely affecting the leg. It is common for the leg from which the vein is taken to swell slightly during recovery from the surgery, but this is only temporary and is treated with elevation of the leg.
I am now 3 months post surgery and do not lack for exercising. However, I've seen no improvement whatsoever in the swelling of this leg .. foot, ankle and calf -- which increases over the course of the day. I was "promised" by the surgeon team that this would significantly subside by this time.
Supposedly, new veins grow to take the place of the saphenous vein.
So .. what has been your experience?
Should I not worry about it and give it more time?
Could my problem be exacerbated by them having chosen the same leg I had a total knee replacement on 5 years ago?
Most of the online sites have minimal information on this topic - usually like this:
The saphenous vein normally does only about 10% of the work of circulating blood from the leg back to the heart. Therefore, it can be taken out without harming the patient or adversely affecting the leg. It is common for the leg from which the vein is taken to swell slightly during recovery from the surgery, but this is only temporary and is treated with elevation of the leg.
I am now 3 months post surgery and do not lack for exercising. However, I've seen no improvement whatsoever in the swelling of this leg .. foot, ankle and calf -- which increases over the course of the day. I was "promised" by the surgeon team that this would significantly subside by this time.
Supposedly, new veins grow to take the place of the saphenous vein.
So .. what has been your experience?
Should I not worry about it and give it more time?
Could my problem be exacerbated by them having chosen the same leg I had a total knee replacement on 5 years ago?