Varicose veins is a progressive disease, meaning it gets slowly worse over time. The good news is that you don’t have to get treated in an emergency fashion. It’s not like your appendix is going to rupture. Don’t let anyone pressure you into getting treated when you are not ready. We tell our patients they have time to plan and save for their treatment if they need. Plan for a year when you have good health insurance coverage. Or if you have a high deductible plan, just plan a year to knock out all of those other medical tests and treatments that you have been postponing in order to maximize meeting your deductible. Start at the beginning of the year to give yourself time to get all your medical appointments accomplished during that deductible period. If you are waiting a while, wear thigh high compression stockings strength 20-30 to support your legs and minimize your symptoms.

Is it possible to wait too long? It is possible to wait too long to get your veins treated. Once you have multiple other medical issues going on, are on lots of different medications and have reduced mobility, it’s sometimes too risky to treat your veins. Varicose veins increase in size and number over time, and these changes can increase the risks of treatment. You don’t want to suffer with vein problems and reduced quality of life for decades!

Varicose vein symptoms develop slowly over time, typically years. So basically this is a disease that allows you to control the timing of when you address it, you just have to make a plan! We are here to help.