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Worried about my mum

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courtney82379
courtney82379

Hi everyone I don't know if it's silly putting this on here but I looking for some reassurance hopefully anyway, my mums due a knee arthroscopy and patella chondroplasty and lateral release next month my worries are she has blood clots and a blood clotting disorder called thrombocythemia and high blood pressure and she is over weight aswell the consultant she saw a few months ago told her that he won't perform the surgery as he said if they remove all the stuff behind her knee they don't know if her leg could handle the weight because there was another patient who has an operation to remove all the old cartridge and things behind her knee and her lower leg had to be amputated so but she was referred to a new doctor and he's agreed to do it all but now im worried and so is she that she might come back from surgery with an amputated leg or more blood clots and stuff I'm quite worried about it all.

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