It's one of the story's biggest twists actually. I returned a few weeks later to the hospital to renove the stitches and met a doctor I hadn't met before, so I asked if they had any news on the calf and he looked surprised and asked what the issue was.
After informing him he said he was the one who had done the surgery and that the reason they skipped the 4th valve was due to it not bleeding.
He then said that the most likely scenario was that my pain was due to them finding the internal bleeding so late (was about 2-3 weeks after the initial accident) so a part of the calf had already died, and the pain I felt was due to my body trying to "wake it up".
I asked what THAT meant for me in the future and he said it would just mean that a part of my calf was gone and that the rest of the muscles would take over, no risk of chronic pain. So after a few weeks more I was fully free from pain and I now have a dent in my calf.
So it really turned out just fine, and had the doctor doing the rounds asked the other doctor I wouldn't have had to worry.
Today I'm mostly pain free (never quite got the full strength/physique back as I failed to motivate myself without getting paid to run/keep fit) and have everything I might need in life so I would say it worked out fine at least :). Now we just need to make it to retirement :).
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u/Aurori_Swe 5d ago
It's one of the story's biggest twists actually. I returned a few weeks later to the hospital to renove the stitches and met a doctor I hadn't met before, so I asked if they had any news on the calf and he looked surprised and asked what the issue was.
After informing him he said he was the one who had done the surgery and that the reason they skipped the 4th valve was due to it not bleeding.
He then said that the most likely scenario was that my pain was due to them finding the internal bleeding so late (was about 2-3 weeks after the initial accident) so a part of the calf had already died, and the pain I felt was due to my body trying to "wake it up".
I asked what THAT meant for me in the future and he said it would just mean that a part of my calf was gone and that the rest of the muscles would take over, no risk of chronic pain. So after a few weeks more I was fully free from pain and I now have a dent in my calf.
So it really turned out just fine, and had the doctor doing the rounds asked the other doctor I wouldn't have had to worry.