Re: [at-l] Results of doc visit

["W F Thorneloe, MD" <thornel@ibm.net>]

Sounds like you got edema or a phlebitis cooking. I hope all resolved well 
for you. There is always some risk to having a stricture of any sort on 
your legs or feet. I've seen it act as a tourniquet, and that can ruin an 
afternoon.

Orangebug
Atlanta,GA

At 07:26 PM 8/6/1999 -0400, David Hicks wrote:
>I had a foot injury once that just got worst with time.  The first damage
>was a bad bruise.  The complication was (help me out here Orange Bug -- this
>is in laymaneeze) with blood pooling in my foot and the veins getting
>inflamed.  It got really ugly over a couple of weeks.

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