Kitkatz's fistula surgery

[M3Riddler]

I had surgery on Tuesday to move the fistula to the top of the upper arm.  It hurts but I am okay. Here are a few pics of it.

My arm pics. 52 staples from elbow to armpit!

Kitkats,

Thanks for sharing the photos. It looks like it has been almost two months since the transposition. Would you be able to post some photos of what your fistula looks like now after it has had a little chance to heal? 

Do you know how deep the veins where?  Also, how long after the original fistula surgery did they do the vein transposition to the top of the surface?

thanks,

///M3R

[kitkatz]

I have no idea how deep it was, but on me the veins run deep. I am a difficult stick to begin with in regular veins because they run deep.  I had the graft removed in April, the fistula placed in July, and it was transposed September 28.  The center started using it around three weeks go with one needle for two weeks, then moved on to two needles.  It is doing all right now.