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More foot nonsense!
I had my follow up today. On the good news front, my blood work came back normal and there was nothing terribly alarming on the doppler/ultrasounds. It seems that my deep veins are working as they should, nothing is wrong with my arteries, and I'm not fucking diabetic.
What I seem to have, however, is a venous insufficiency, in which my surface veins are lazy motherfuckers which accounts for the swelling. Considering how visible some of my veins are (and have been for damn near 30 years), I'm not terribly surprised. Annoyed, perhaps, but not surprised.
So that's that? I have a scrip for compression stockings, and another for a diuretic. The diuretic is a test, to see if it helps. It might not, but it might alleviate some of the swelling in my foot. Lately it's been bad enough to leave my foot tingling like the circulation has been cut off or something at the end of the day.
So, yeah. I have another appointment in five weeks, blood work in a month (to measure my potassium and sodium levels, natch), and compression stockings to acquire.
I had my follow up today. On the good news front, my blood work came back normal and there was nothing terribly alarming on the doppler/ultrasounds. It seems that my deep veins are working as they should, nothing is wrong with my arteries, and I'm not fucking diabetic.
What I seem to have, however, is a venous insufficiency, in which my surface veins are lazy motherfuckers which accounts for the swelling. Considering how visible some of my veins are (and have been for damn near 30 years), I'm not terribly surprised. Annoyed, perhaps, but not surprised.
So that's that? I have a scrip for compression stockings, and another for a diuretic. The diuretic is a test, to see if it helps. It might not, but it might alleviate some of the swelling in my foot. Lately it's been bad enough to leave my foot tingling like the circulation has been cut off or something at the end of the day.
So, yeah. I have another appointment in five weeks, blood work in a month (to measure my potassium and sodium levels, natch), and compression stockings to acquire.
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