sonya ina

For the past year and a half to two years, I've had leg swelling, pressue, pain and discoloration. After numerous doctor visits, this past Wednesday I finally found out what it is. It's called superficial venous reflux disease. It sounds more serious than it is, but if left untreated it will worsen and could potentially lead to blood clots. Basically what is happening is, I have a number of veins in both legs that are pumping my blood back down into my legs as opposed to toward my heart. Alas, I must have minor surgery done on both legs to close those veins enabling my blood to be rerouted back to my heart. Yup, I'm a bit nervous, but it must be done. However, I'm really happy it will be over with soon!