Vein Procedure follow up Instruction Sheet
- You may eat and drink as you desire.
- You may continue your regular medication including Aspirin, Coumadin, and Plavix.
- Should you have some mild discomfort, you may take Tylenol or Advil as directed on thebottle.
- The ACE wrap around your leg should remain in place until the morning. It should besnug, but not too tight. If the ACE wrap feels too tight, remove it and re-apply startingfrom lower to upper. You may remove the ACE and leave it off the day after yourprocedure but you will need to wear your compression stockings until your followup ultrasound is complete.
- You may shower the first day after your procedure but avoid tub baths or swimming untilthe puncture wound is healed. (Approximately 1week)
- You may be up and walking. You may ascend and descend stairs.
- Avoid strenuous exercise that causes you to work up a sweat for 1week.
- It is unlikely that you will have any bleeding from the puncture site. However, if youexperience any bleeding, lay down, elevate your leg, and apply firm pressure over the sitefor 10 minutes with a clean towel. This will stop the bleeding.
- If you start to notice some swelling in your leg, you may elevate it and apply a coolcompress to decrease swelling.
- Call our office at (931)-815-3636 should you have any of the following problems:
- Fever over 101.5
- Severe pain
- Abrupt swelling of the treated leg
- Bleeding that lasts longer than 20 minutes
- It is likely that you will have some bruising. This will resolve over time.
- It is MANDATORY that you keep your first ultrasound appointment. You will also bescheduled for a 6 week follow up appointment to ensure complete healing.
- Please be advised that you are NOT ALLOWED to travel any long distances (flying,driving, train, etc.) until you have had for first follow up ultrasound.
*****Stockings are a mainstay-you may continue to wear them after your procedure if you aregoing to be on your legs for long periods of time, have problems with leg swelling, or legpain*****