AI summary & topic connections
Attributes arterial calcification requiring bypass surgery to years of carrying a phone against the back and recounts a discussion with a surgeon.
- Heart symptoms & implanted devices:
piece of calcium had broken of from the main artery that supplies blood to my legs blocking at the junction I h
- Other concerns:
and told him what I thought caused this calcification. For over 20 years I carried my mobile phone clipped to the
"Here is my story, 12 years ago I awoke in the middle of the night in excruciating pain in my legs, a piece of calcium had broken of from the main artery that supplies blood to my legs blocking at the junction I had to have a double bi-pass, they thought I my loose a leg because of the lack of blood flow. I seen my vascular surgeon and told him what I thought caused this calcification. For over 20 years I carried my mobile phone clipped to the back of my nail bag up against my back that caused the calcification, he's response was "why do you think my phone is way over their" pointing to the table sitting in the corner of his office, then i started to look for conformation of my thoughts and sure enough there is plenty out there like this paper that corelates well with the introduction of the mobile phone in Australia. A week before my experience I had a CT scan and what it showed was calcium build-up at the junction to my legs and the only other bit of calcium build-up was behind my ear."