Originally Posted by Smuts

If you take either option 1 or 2, you might not even keep that 50%. You are likely continuing to damage the vein, especially if you are doing overhead movements. I couldn't get the surgery until a year after my clot. I almost never raised my hands and my subclavian is still trashed. There's no flow at all across the distal section. They couldn't even open much of it via venoplasty.