including leg swelling, pigmentation, heaviness, venous claudication and occasionally venous ulceration. The current accepted treatment of anticoagulation is inadequate for ilio-femoral DVT.

I paused. At that moment, I was preparing her impressive tray of medications. Some were meant to alleviate my mother’s pain.

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