Went to see the vascular specialist last night. The upshot being:
He is happy with my progress. He recommends doing as much exercise as comfort allows. He warned me to monitor any swelling etc in my legs (there hasn't been any). There is no change to my treatment for the clots. I will need to have more blood tests done when I'm off the warfarin to see if my blood is thrombophilic.
The "constriction" in my IVC is likely to be severe, with either negligible blood flow or completely sealed ???. This is all a bit weird to me because it's possible the vein effectively stops and reappears later on and does precisely fuck all
. The collaterals are obviously doing a good job as I'm fairly physically fit otherwise.
Surgery is unlikely to be feasible as due to the severity of the constriction the vein would need to be reconstructed in that area and there is some risk of clotting or damage. The specialist reassured me that being on warfarin for life is not that inconvenient and there may be alternative drugs available soon.
He said he will check the images from the MRI scan with another team of consultants just to be sure. Other than that, I proceed as before.
Also, I led two F6bs yesterday
. I didn't tell the specialist that tho
