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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2012 16:39:48 GMT -5
I discovered varicose veins...I knew I had them but as my legs got smaller, they got more pronounced.
Started wearing the compression stockings back in late Sept...mandatory 3 months of those before the insurance will let you proceed...
Anyway, they started one leg today, and in the next 3 weeks, I have two more appts and will have the other leg done...then two more in May and June.
By the time I am done, I hope that all of the really bad ones will be gone.
Price I am paying for over 25 years working on my feet and lousy genetics (my Mother had really bad ones).
Liz
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Post by reinventingangela on Feb 14, 2012 16:42:52 GMT -5
Its good that youre getting them taken care of. Ive heard its a relatively simple process to get them fixed so thank God for that...some of them can even be dangerous if not treated.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 14, 2012 16:46:09 GMT -5
It is fairly simple but right now one leg is still numb....and I have to keep the bandages/compression stockings on for the next 48 hours...told me I had to take "bird baths". LOL
Liz
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Post by Sandra C. on Feb 17, 2012 0:07:49 GMT -5
Calling our Vein Clinic is on my "To do" list. Does your insurance cover all the cost of this? We have a vein clinic here at the Borgess hospital. My OBGYN also works in the clinic. I had a consult pre surgery. They suggested having my legs done while the weather is cool, because of having to wear the stockings for a few weeks. I didn't think about bathing!!!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 17, 2012 3:31:48 GMT -5
Calling our Vein Clinic is on my "To do" list. Does your insurance cover all the cost of this? We have a vein clinic here at the Borgess hospital. My OBGYN also works in the clinic. I had a consult pre surgery. They suggested having my legs done while the weather is cool, because of having to wear the stockings for a few weeks. I didn't think about bathing!!! sandra Sandra, he proved medically necessity, so yes, except for any co-pays, it's all covered. Good luck with yours. Liz |
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Post by Sandra C. on Feb 18, 2012 21:13:02 GMT -5
Thanks Liz,
Ordered the thigh high stockings yesterday. Sexy sheer black!!!!
Sandra ;-)
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2012 21:42:01 GMT -5
My mother had it done in about 1959...BOY!!!! was it a different animal back then. She was in ace bandages for a couple of months and then compression things for about six months or so.
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Post by Sandra C. on Feb 18, 2012 21:48:23 GMT -5
The procedure has changed so much since then. I think they ripped out the veins!!!!!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2012 21:56:27 GMT -5
My dad, who is 80, had a varicose vein break open 2 weeks ago. My mom is an RN and said she had never seen anything like it, blood was pumping like it was arterial and she could not get it stopped. She did put a tourniquet on the leg long enough to call 911.
Then, after a visit to a cardiovascular surgeon, where my dad was told that the valve in the groin was closed off and needed surgery, the insurance STILL is making him wait 3 months with a compression bandage and compression stocking worn all the time. Each month he has to go in for another ultrasound and so it is costing more to wait than to fix the damn thing. Meanwhile, he spends a portion of each day alone and everyone is worried about the vein breaking open again.
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Post by Sandra C. on Feb 18, 2012 22:07:31 GMT -5
Your poor Dad, and all the worry for your family!!! So fortunate your mom had nursing training, saved his life. Insurance is tough to deal with sometimes. Veins are tricky, I know, had a main artery break in my arm. Took months to figure out a direction and plan for my care.
This time I am having some spider veins zapped, not varicose veins, I don't have any big ones. Spent years working in retail, standing,and watching sports my kids played.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2012 22:10:52 GMT -5
The procedure has changed so much since then. I think they ripped out the veins!!!!! Yup...one inch incisions on each side, at the groin, above the knee, below the knee and at the ankle. They called it "stripping" the veins. |
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Post by petham on Feb 18, 2012 22:26:34 GMT -5
I discovered varicose veins...I knew I had them but as my legs got smaller, they got more pronounced. Started wearing the compression stockings back in late Sept...mandatory 3 months of those before the insurance will let you proceed... Anyway, they started one leg today, and in the next 3 weeks, I have two more appts and will have the other leg done...then two more in May and June. By the time I am done, I hope that all of the really bad ones will be gone. Price I am paying for over 25 years working on my feet and lousy genetics (my Mother had really bad ones). Liz I had one done with the V-nus preceedure. It worked well. www.vnus.com/patient-info/closure-procedure.aspx |
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Post by bearmom on Feb 18, 2012 22:37:01 GMT -5
I remember when my mom had her varicose veins taken care of and they pulled them out of her legs. Ugh. I worried my whole like about inheriting them and having to go through all that.
I got lucky with the varicose veins and didn't get them but I guess they just inject something as benign as saline in them now, and they just wither away.
While the legs veins turned out OK, the back of my hands weren't spared. With the bulgy tendons, and all the veins show really well over them. Just ugly, though.
Every person I know with them has been caused pain by them, but the ones that had it covered by insurance, had to really push. I'm glad yours are being covered.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2012 3:26:43 GMT -5
Thanks, bearmom, I am glad too...
My mother just lived with hers. What I did not know until doing research was that various veins can make Restless Leg Syndrome worse, so by taking care of them, I stand a slight chance of that going away but a better chance of easing the symptoms.
Whichever way it goes will be a big help.
Liz
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