I'm one day post sclerotherapy....
Wow-I forgot how hard it was not to eat anything! Yesterday was my first procedure (you do a minimum of 2), and yesterday I could not eat anything. The gave me 2 bags of IV fluids. When I woke up from the procedure I was in agony from the gas. Luckily they gave me Dilautid (sp?) and the pain went away pretty quickly. However, they said only 1% of patients feel pain from the procedure, and I am feeling a lot of discomfort. Every time I move, and even when sitting still I can feel where they injected the scarring gel.
I am praying this works. I plan to follow the post-op program to a T. I think the hardest part has been going without coffee for two days! I can have it tomorrow, thankfully, but oh the caffeine headache! Ouch! If anyone else is planning on do this and are a coffee drinker wean yourself off before the procedure!
So I am on clears today then liquids for 2 weeks and then pureed for 4 weeks. Hopefully this will get me where I want to be! Thanks for the support!
