I've been on a quest for sexy legs lately...a quest involving an IV, a laser and a scalpel.
Yep thats right!
I had some nasty varicose veins on my upper thigh. I don't remember if I had them before I got pregnant, which makes me think I probably didn't! But man oh man they sure popped out after pregnancy! I hated them.
I had not owned shorts for 14 years. Mostly because of my weight, but after I lost the weight over the past 2 years, I still refused to wear shorts because of the ugly blue bumps on my left thigh and under my left knee. At the pool I always covered up with a towel if I left my seat. I'm not sure how many people actually noticed them, but I sure did and I hated it. They starting to hurt too. It wasn't uncommon for my leg to fall asleep if I crossed it too much while sitting at my desk. After I ran a 10K last summer, I swear I ruined my legs...or my veins. I'm not sure if thats possible, but I do know that they were never quite the same after. It took me a week to recover from that run. My left leg started going numb during workouts, it felt uncomfortable all the time. It was bad enough that I went from working out 7 days a week early in the morning, to no workouts at all! I gradually started cutting out workouts after that run. By the end of last August I wasn't working out at all. I tried twice in September and both times my left leg felt too uncomfortable so I stopped.
Last summer while laying at the pool, a friend told me about her friend that had her varicose veins removed. It was something I had never really considered until that moment. I didn't even know it was an option. But I was inspired. I didn't think it was something I could actually afford but I wanted to look into it. So I scheduled a consultation with a vein specialist.
To be continued...
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