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« on: November 30, 2011, 06:57:36 PM »
I have had my graft for a year and a half now, and I know the life of a graft is about 2 years so I was wondering how long have some you with grafts had them? I know kitkats had one for a long time I was just kind of getting a general idea. Mine has a great flow, it's just getting harder to canulate do to the scarring. When your graft failed what happened did it just clot or what caused you to retire it?
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« Reply #1 on: November 30, 2011, 08:50:57 PM »
Jenna had hers for 3 years, they did buttonholes and it never clotted. It quit working the day of her transplant.
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