IVC Filter

“I had a bunch of clots. And so they put a filter that lives in my body forever. It's like a permanent filter that kind of like funnels the blood so it doesn't get stuck. Where's the filter? It's like between my back and my stomach. Wow. Yeah, to stop anything coming up, like big clots from my leg.”

“Is that it? Yeah. Mine's not removable. IVC filter. Yeah, that's exactly it. They can't take it out and put a new one in that's removable? Mm-mm. You sure? Sure. Positive. That seems crazy. They say the, the surgery to take it out would be more life-threatening than, than leaving it in.”