Useful information for patients
Useful information for patients
1st Appointment: What to expect?
At your first appointment, the receptionist will welcome you and complete your personal details information sheet. Dr Dionysiou will complete your confidential medical history and will make a clinical examination and volume measurements of the affected lymphedema area. Some medical photographs are necessary to be taken and we will ask you to perform a lymphoscintigram and a MRI scans.
Finally Dr Dionysiou will discuss with you all the options for the management of the disease and propose you the appropriate treatment for your problem.
Please, do not forget to hold with you:
- A list of your medications,
- Any letters from health professionals involving previous treatment,
- Previous scans relative to lymphedema e.g. lymphoscintigram, MRI, CT or echogram.
Finally Dr Dionysiou will discuss with you all the options for the management of the disease and propose you the appropriate treatment for your problem.
Please, do not forget to hold with you:
- A list of your medications,
- Any letters from health professionals involving previous treatment,
- Previous scans relative to lymphedema e.g. lymphoscintigram, MRI, CT or echogram.