We treat many patients from all over the United States
and many foreign countries. Many leg
vein patients can be treated in one visit, but several
many be required if the veins
are large and extensive. In our offices
patient safety always comes
first, but, because the injection solutions we
use are extraordinarily safe,
it is often possible to treat a large number of
veins in one visit.
LOGISTICS
For hand vein treatment we prefer to see you two or
three times during your
stay in New York. This can be over consecutive days,
or spread out if your stay in town is longer.
Occasionally, at later visits, we remove
residual blood from treated
veins. This is done to accelerate the healing
process and make hands look
vein-free faster. Some patient may be seen
just once for hand vein therapy
and have excellent results, but in some
patients it may just take
longer for the veins to fully heal. It is
interesting that two of our
hand vein patients have appeared on live TV on
day after hand vein therapy
and had no need to "hide" their hands.
When making an appointment, please make sure to tell
our staff you are coming from out of town
so we can arrange your visits accordingly. It is
NOT necessary to discontinue
any medications (including coumadin) you are
presently on, before or after
treatment. Treatment will be started at
your first visit. When treatment
is completed you may either fly or drive home immediately.
If you so desire, both hands
and legs (and other body areas) can be treated the
same day. It is not
necessary to have photos or prior test results sent to
us before treatment.
Most out-of-towners feel that seeing us is as simple as
seeing a local doctor for
the first time.
After hand therapy, you will have cotton and surgical
tape (like long band aids) on your hands for two
hours, which will not delay going out and
visiting the "Big Apple."
You will also be able to drive whether hands or
legs have been treated.
The only limitation after hand treatment is to not
get your hands wet for the
few hours the cotton balls and tape are on. Your
hands may be slightly swollen,
but that will not interfere with sightseeing
(and nobody in town knows
you anyway!!).
A great starting point for what's doing in New York
is http://newyork.citysearch.com/ To check on New York's weather you can visit www.weather.com
(or just watch Al in the morning and
see if he has a heavy coat on).
GETTING TO NEW YORK
By
Air
Both
John F. Kennedy (JFK) and LaGuardia (LGA) airports are well
situated for you to visit either Great
Neck or NYC. The ride from either airport to
Great Neck or Manhattan is
about 30 minutes. Newark airport in New Jersey is
about 30 minutes from our
Manhattan office but more than one hour from Great
Neck.
By
Train
In Manhattan (NYC), Amtrak goes to Grand Central Station
on 42nd Street in Midtown and our city office
is at 92nd street on Park Ave. Many fine hotels are
nearby. Trains to our Great Neck office leave from Penn
Station on 33rd Street.
By
Auto
If you choose to visit us by car, we suggest checking
with mapquest.com for
the best route. Long Island is the suburbs and driving
should not be a problem. If you are
staying in Manhattan, be aware that parking is
relatively expensive (Reaching
us in Great Neck by the Long Island railroad
may be easier).
ACCOMODATIONS IN NEW YORK
There are two hotel options - You may want to stay
in New York City or in
Great Neck, on Long Island.
Staying
in Manhattan
Our New York City office in on the Upper East Side
at Park Avenue and 92nd
Street, only a short taxi ride from midtown hotels.
As for follow-up visits in Great Neck, it's
very easy to take the Long Island railroad from
the city. The train
originates at Pennsylvania station and the ride to great
Neck is a comfortable 25
to 35 minutes. Trains generally leave for Great
Neck every half hour but
leave as often as six times per hour during peak
times. The train schedule
is online at http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/lirr/html/ttn/greatnec.htm.
Our Great Neck office is about one mile from the Long
Island railroad station,
where taxis are always available.
If you are staying in New York City and driving
to Long Island, the ride
is about 45 minutes. Mapquest.com or the hotel
concierge can direct you
from your starting point. Even after hand and/or leg
vein treatment, you will have
no problem driving.
Staying
in Great Neck
If you prefer to stay in Great Neck, there are two
hotels within a mile of our office and both are
about two-block walk from the Great Neck train
station. One is The
Inn at Great Neck (http://www.innatgreatneck.com/):
phone number is
516-773-2000. The other one is The Adam at 75 North
Station Plaza: phone number is 516-482-2900.
If you stay in Great Neck, it is generally easier to train
to the city than drive, park, visit various sites
around town and then taxi
back to your original parking spot. Should you have any questions at all about your trip,
schedule, restaurants,
or lodging, please do not hesitate to contact our office.
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