Thank you for your email/post. I take Norco 10-325 three times a day. I
tolerate it really well. I will say that I always still have at least some
pain and at the end of the day (I usually take the last one around 4 PM) I
am in a lot of pain. The LV sounds terrible. I am so skeptical of the
Venous Ablation. I have an appointment with a third doctor next week since
I have gotten conflicting advice. If I don't feel satisfied with him, I
may try to seek out someone at a teaching hospital closer to me such as
Baylor Medical Center or I think they also have a group that studies this
down at MD Anderson. I took leave this semester to try to deal with so I
am not going to have any procedures unless I know I need them. Sometimes
it is so painful that you are tempted to try just about anything but I am
trying to ​think this through carefully even though the pain is
increasing. I used compression in the past after my first ankle surgery
but have not used them recently. Went to my primary care doc yesterday and
she suggested that I try them again so am going to. I still have an
appointment for the venous ablation later this month with the first doctor
I went to. But he is called an Interventional Cardiologist (I think this
means they do a lot of catheters--does anyone know what this means?). I
would rather have a Vascular Surgeon do it but the vascular surgeon I
visited is one that said he would not do it on me. Does anyone have any
idea who would be better to evaluate whether venous ablation is necessary.
Appointment next week is with another Vascular Surgeon. I am so glad I
found this Group. It sure helps to know that I am not alone with this.
Thank you again.