My mom had the worst varicose veins I had ever seen. Her legs were swollen and the veins were terribly extended and lumpy. That what comes of hanging clothes at the age of 20, while eight months pregnant, with a baby on one hip and a full clothes basket on the other while climling three flights of stairs over and over again. She had the surgery and later in life, had them stripped. She wears support hose now, her legs look normal and the pains gone for good. We women just don't appreciate how good we have it with all the convenience we enjoy.
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