Hi, I have had 2 stents last November put in post radiation therapy in 1999. One was in my carotid, one in my Brachial on Right side. Drs. said as long as I had one brachial open I was OK (both were closed). I am wondering if this could have affected other arteries that I am not aware of. I had oral cancer in my right jaw area where I had both surgery and 6 weeks of radiation.

I had only had a doppler done on my carotids and doctors did not discover the brachial closure until I was on the table for the carotid stent. After finding the blockage, they put a stent in the brachial artery as well as the carotid.

DX 1999 Oral Cancer - chewing tobacco.
Had surgery to remove all lymph nodes in head as well as a large section of tissue containing infected node(jaw area) and then 6 weeks of daily radiation.
2 stents 2011 due to damage from radiation. One stent in carotid, one in chest. Now 54 years old.