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Jdsk wrote: 11 Mar 2022, 8:23am

Mick F wrote: 10 Mar 2022, 8:23pm Thanks, but that is what they were going to do to me as an interim measure.
They still wouldn't do it with high BP so that was the end of that as far as they are concerned.
My BP isn't high unless I'm in a hospital.

Waiting for a contact again from them, but I'm coming to the idea that 531colin suggested up-thread.

Amputation.

That's only going to work if you follow the Ranulph Fiennes approach of DIY with domestic power tools. And he still needed a surgeon to tidy it all up later.

You've posted many blood pressure readings taken at home that are elevated. So it isn't only high when you're in a hospital.

But I don't understand why your blood pressure is getting in the way of either surgery or the injection of collagenase. Many people undergo much longer and more complex procedures with bigger problems of blood pressure that you've described in the forums.

I suggest communicating with the surgeon well before your appointment, including what you think is happening with your blood pressure and the two other relevant factors that you have shared with us. If it were me I'd want to have a single plan in advance for what procedure is to be carried out, the workup before the procedure, and the type of anaesthesia.

And, as always, I recommend writing down the questions that you'd like answered so that they aren't forgotten during the consultation.

I hope that it goes well.

Jonathan

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