I'm So Vein

Just thought somebody might want to know what I have been up to lately. Well, let me show you...

I can assure you the backs of my legs look just as lovely. What is going on you ask? Just a little vein procedure--sclerotherapy to be exact.

Under those thigh-high, therapeutic-strength compression stockings and each of those bandages is a cluster of needle holes where a solution was injected into the spider veins which is supposed to make them eventually disappear.

The goal I am trying to achieve is not to have better looking legs (although that would be nice). It is to hopefully help alleviate the heaviness and creepy crawly feelings I almost always feel in my lower legs.

Although most would think I am so vain to have this procedure done, my ulterior motive is somewhat different.

In several weeks, when my legs are healed, I certainly hope to see this wasn't all done "in vein." (Ha ha!)

Quotes of the Week

"Every time you subtract negative from your life, you make room for more positive."
-- Author Unknown

"The longer you have to wait for something, the more you will appreciate it when it finally arrives. The harder you have to fight for something, the more priceless it will become once you achieve it. And the more pain you have to endure on your journey, the sweeter the arrival at your destination. All good things are worth waiting for and worth fighting for."
-- Susan Gale

"Whatever you do, do it with all your might. Work at it, early and late, in season and out of season, not leaving a stone unturned, and never deferring for a single hour that which can be done just as well now."
-- P. T. Barnum

Quotes of the Week

"Who exactly do you want to be? What kind of person do you want to be? What are your personal ideals? Whom do you admire? What are their special traits that you would make your own? It's time to stop being vague. If you wish to be an extraordinary person, if you wish to become wise, then you should explicitly identify the kind of person you aspire to become. If you have a daybook, write down who you're trying to be, so that you can refer to this self-determination. Precisely describe the demeanor you want to adopt so that you may preserve it when you are by yourself or with other people."
-- Epictetus

"It's not who you are that holds you back. It's who you think you're not."
-- Denis Waitley

Quotes of the Week

"Living each day as it if were our last, rather than converting us into hedonists, will make us appreciate how
wonderful it is that we are alive and have the opportunity to fill this day with activity. This in turn will make us less
likely to squander our days. As we think about and plan for tomorrow, remember to appreciate today."
-- William B. Irvine

"If, in 10 years, you were to look back at your actions of today, what would you change? Always be asking yourself in terms of your goals and how you want to live."
-- Craig Ballantyne

"Physical fitness is not only one of the most important keys to a healthy body, it is the basis of dynamic and creative intellectual activity."
-- John F. Kennedy