Surgery Tomorrow
 

Well, I'm going tomorrow morning for surgery to treat the varicose veins in my right leg. Then, in two weeks I have to go back for additional surgery on my left leg (that one was done about 5 years ago, but the major vein that was ablated partially re-opened.)

Pretty simple surgery - laser ablation on the large saphenous vein, and phlebectomy (physically removing) some of the bad surface veins. The neuromuscular specialist I saw 6 months ago was of the opinion that resolving the vein issues would improve my nerve pain by limiting the swelling and blood "pooling" in my feet/legs. The vascular surgeon wasn't too sure about that, but did strongly recommend the surgery in order to improve circulation. I really wish we could get straight and consistent answers from our doctors, but it seems like that rarely happens.

The thing I'm most concerned about is whether this surgery will cause any worsening in my PN symptoms. I've been doing pretty well lately and would hate to go backwards.

Keep your fingers crossed for me :)

What time is your surgery tomorrow? I will send out positive energy your way. :hug:

Wishing you the best of luck ! :)
 

All the best tomorrow.

Here's hoping you have some nice effects on pn symptoms. Who knows, right?

Wish you the Best
 

:)I will pray for a wonderful outcome for your surgery.

Ragtop!!......I will be praying! Please let us know how it goes! I am having the exact same surgery on Nov. 11th on my left leg. xoxo Kate

Good luck Ragtop!

And Welcome, Donamel. Would you like to start a new Thread to introduce yourself.

Dave.

Good luck with the surgeries.

Here is another of the miracles of Grape Seed Extract. I've talked about it for 20 yrs, as long as I'm taking it.


http://www.varicoseveinsolution.com/...ose-veins.html

Good luck on the surgery... I'll be thinking of you! ;)

Best of luck, Ragtop! Hope you get improvement on a variety of fronts!

8:00 AM Central Time

Thanks everyone for the support and well wishes. I'll let you know how it goes. :)

I wish you a speedy recovery and hope it provides some relief of your symptoms. Seems like getting that blood moving and reducing swelling would help.

Sending hugs and healing love, :hug:

Thanks again guys for all the support.

Surgery went well, although the doctor decided to just do the laser ablation and wait to see how much that helps before deciding if anything should be done with the surface veins.

Feet are feeling good right now, probably because they pumped anesthetic into the veins before they did the procedure. Got to keep moving to help prevent blood clots.

I'll let you know how things go over the next few days. Probably the worst part is having to wear the compression hose pretty much continuously for 3 weeks. plus, In two weeks I have to go in for the other leg :mad: