Well stone the crows!

Poor birds in all in a flap. This most British of exclamation of surprise or slight annoyance, was used by Jim Broadbent at the 74th Academy Awards in 2002 as he climbed the podium to collect his Best Supporting Actor Oscar for "Iris"
It was also used by yours truly as I listened to the arterial doctor on the 6th floor of Auckland Hospital.

Had I been offered an Oscar for leading actor in a n medical drama? Perhaps I had been offered the prestigious task of chief stoning official at a crow stoning ceremony(rubber stones only, papier mache crows of course)?

No I had just been informed by said doctor chappie that my main arterial vein in my upper left leg (near the groin)

No not that type of groin.......had been partially "occluded" by calcification.

Basically my left leg veins have become clogged by calcium deposits from all the chalky rejection tablets I have to take every day. Over time (at least two years now and counting) my daily pill-popping has caused the main arterial leg vein to collect calcium as the blood flows past. This in turn has slowed the flow of blood and my circulation has been affected, especially in the left foot. Looks like I shall be putting my right foot forward in future then.

What a petrifying thought.

(No crows were harmed in the making of this post)