Pensioner back golfing after leg bone removed then reinserted in 12-hour op

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A cancer patient whose shin bone was surgically removed, sent to another hospital for radiation treatment and then reinserted has said she feels “extremely lucky” to still have her leg two years on. I feel that I'm a very, very lucky person and extremely lucky to still have my leg Jan Ritson The procedure would normally have been performed at Glasgow Royal Infirmary but the sarcoma service had been transferred to the Golden Jubilee to ensure patients continued to receive essential care throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. I’ve recently had an MRI scan which should indicate if there are any concerns.” Consultant orthopaedic surgeon Ashish Mahendra led the operation, which has avoided the loss of her leg, and Ms Ritson said she cannot praise the surgeon and the teams at the Golden Jubilee “highly enough”. “I feel that I’m a very, very lucky person and extremely lucky to still have my leg.” Mr Mahendra said: “For the kind of tumour that Jan had there are two main things that we look at – the most important is from the cancer point of view and the second is the leg function after reconstruction.