• Surgery

    Fistula Part Two

    Yesterday I had an appointment with the surgeon that did my fistula surgery. It was the first time I’ve seen him since my fistulagram, and he wasn’t too impressed with the results from that. Our next step is to do another fistula creation further up my arm, around my bicep area. He seemed confident that this one should mature. When he did my last surgery he said during the ultrasound to map my veins, he saw a good potential vein in my upper arm. He explained to me that he tried it near the wrist first because I’m still young…