Odd news - vein health

Nope, not baby news yet but for those waiting please send me all your baby delivering positive thoughts! (technical due date is tomorrow but no signs yet)

Anywho...how odd is this. I had spider veins for years on both sides of my knees. I never really cared about them, even after lyme because they don't hurt so whatever you know? Although I had noticed that my varicose veins had gotten worse during lyme. Well today...I was sitting in bed and shocker...I have NO spider veins, zero, gone AND I gained 45 lbs during pregnancy so far....that is amazing. One of those things that apparently can take a long freakin' time to heal (probably from lyme?).

I do eat a lot more anti inflammatory foods and blood movers (berries). but still I'm so ecstatic! The varicose veins are also gone that I know of, both took a long time to heal though. I definitely stopped treating lyme probably a year before all that stuff went away...who knew?

If anyone is interested...apparently the best thing according to my class to get rid of those veins is something along the lines of turmeric and hawthorne or similiar taken over a long time. There are lots of others as well but vein health is one of those things that can take a year or years to heal.

Good news! I've been planning to order Hawthorne - for other reasons...but my spider veins have increased since lyme...so maybe I'll have the same response as you...

What interesting info!! Thanks so much for sharing!

I started taking curcumin (the active ingredient in tumeric) right after the tick bite and have since read sooo many GREAT things about it that I plan on taking it for the rest of my life. In fact, I have hubby taking it as well.

I've had a few spider veins here and there. After reading this post, I'll have to remember to look for them to see if there's been any changes ;)

Best wishes to you for an easy delivery and a wonderful time with your new addition!!!!

wow, I am totally interested in this!! The most concerning thing for me as my pregnancy progresses is my varicose veins. I had it so bad with my third child I had to wear the compression stockings (over the summer too, Ugh). I don't have spider veins, I have the real bad ones (nicely genetic, LOL)

I was wondering what is going to happen to me this time around, will my veins be better or worse - but what's funny, over this past summer, my husband commented on how much better my legs look - and they do indeed look better. I figured maybe because I lost weight ( I wasn't overweight, but I was thinking maybe 10 lbs made it easier on my legs?). Or maybe it is as you said - bc I ate a lot less inflammatory foods, and ate lots of berries too!

At this point, everything looks ok, I plan to hit the pool three times a week, bc I know it is excellent exercise (way better than running or weights, as it puts too much pressure on the legs).

great news for you! we will see what happens with me!