This 82 years old gentleman describes his experience of having a left long saphenous vein ablation procedure as a day case under local anaesthetic for symptomatic varicose veins. He only had radio-frequency ablation of the long saphenous vein but did not require any phlebotomies (avulsions).
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No problem, no problem at all. They tell you you might feel a bit of pain, just a little. I barely felt it at all. No worries. Total confidence in the way all the staff went about their job. They were all brilliant. They put you at ease if you weren't at ease. And no and no problems with it whatsoever, don't worry. So everything better than your expectations, how would you... Well, it's better than, it's far easier than I actually thought it was gonna be. I was expecting a bit of pain, but I can't say I have any really. Just mind you, like a little pinprick really. Nothing to worry about, nothing to get upset about. and just talk a load of rubbish to them, and they don't be hearing a load of rubbish because they understand a load of rubbish because I talked a lot of rubbish. Okay. Okay. What would you give advice to prospective patients? Just go along with things and just do as they say. Relax. If you want to think of something, think of the ones you love, and they're watching over you, and nothing's going to go wrong because you're in the best of hands, so don't worry.
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