Re the lovely TED stockings, I was told to wear them for 4 weeks because a cancer diagnosis and an op longer than 3(?) hours increases your risk of dvt by a high margin. My 4 weeks were up last Thursday, the very same day that I had my Mx (margins from mammoplasty not clear). I had a little moan about another 4 weeks of stockings and my consultant explained that of the few patients she has had who have suffered from post surgery DVTs most of them didn’t wear their stockings. I’m not going to take the risk, so it’s 4 more weeks of long trousers for me!