Been a long journey surgery coming up for jugular vein compression. Need advice!

@Msdstc I am not surprised that they did not even bother to look deeper for the clots. I do not know whether this behavior is the result of incompetence or negligence or both. I went through similar process getting diagnosed with Vascular Eagle. Too bad we had to play radiologists.

Question, I know you are seeking revision surgery but with the clot present, isn’t there a risk that the clot might get dislodged from the IJV during the operation since they will push/pull the IJV a lot during the surgery and travel down to the heart area to potentially cause pulmonary embolism which is life threatening condition. Or they have contingency plan if that was to occur during the operation. I know they usually administer blood thinning medication but still don’t know how that will prevent it.

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