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I am scheduled to have an ablation of my GSV and am extremely nervous, as I have not only considerable chronic venous insufficiency that causes pressure, heaviness, pain, extreme blood pooling, etc. but I also have been told by multiple doctors that I might have EDS as well as I have late-stage Lyme Disease plus co-infections.

I was diagnosed with an undifferentiated connective tissue disease, have had a positive ANA titer and systemic inflammation. My Lyme Disease panel also came back saying I have Babesiosis, Powassan Virus and Tickborne Encephalitis Virus, which would make sense with years and years of extreme inflammation and a variety of other severe symptoms that have rendered my bedridden most of the time and struggling horribly the time that I’m doing things as much as I can.

My legs pose a huge problem and I cannot stand for long at all before it becomes a large problem. Even standing in front of the mirror to floss and brush my teeth causes crazy blood pooling and discomfort. There are hard knots in my GSV and the vein aches and hurts horribly at times and has kept me from sleeping and has driven me to tears. Each morning I wake up with insanely red, burning feet. Something does have to be done, but-

I’m so nervous.

I’ve been a medical mystery for so long but have recently been finally connecting dots on nervous system issues and more being connected to Tickborne illnesses and inflammation being possibly from that or from mold toxicity or both and the possibility of it being from EDS, possibly vEDS.

I’m worried the ablation might be bad for someone like me, but I don’t know. I don’t want to cause more damage, but I also need to try to treat things to be as functional as possible.

Has anyone had vEDS or EDS or Lyme/co-infections and gotten their GSV ablated?

Did things go badly after or did it improve things for you?

I have a few days left until the procedure and I’m trying not to panic.

I am scheduled to have an ablation of my GSV and am extremely nervous, as I have not only considerable chronic venous insufficiency that causes pressure, heaviness, pain, extreme blood pooling, etc. but I also have been told by multiple doctors that I might have EDS as well as I have late-stage Lyme Disease plus co-infections.

I was diagnosed with an undifferentiated connective tissue disease, have had a positive ANA titer and systemic inflammation. My Lyme Disease panel also came back saying I have Babesiosis, Powassan Virus and Tickborne Encephalitis Virus, which would make sense with years and years of extreme inflammation and a variety of other severe symptoms that have rendered my bedridden most of the time and struggling horribly the time that I’m doing things as much as I can.

My legs pose a huge problem and I cannot stand for long at all before it becomes a large problem. Even standing in front of the mirror to floss and brush my teeth causes crazy blood pooling and discomfort. There are hard knots in my GSV and the vein aches and hurts horribly at times and has kept me from sleeping and has driven me to tears. Each morning I wake up with insanely red, burning feet. Something does have to be done, but-

I’m so nervous.

I’ve been a medical mystery for so long but have recently been finally connecting dots on nervous system issues and more being connected to Tickborne illnesses and inflammation being possibly from that or from mold toxicity or both and the possibility of it being from EDS, possibly vEDS.

I’m worried the ablation might be bad for someone like me, but I don’t know. I don’t want to cause more damage, but I also need to try to treat things to be as functional as possible.

Has anyone had vEDS or EDS or Lyme/co-infections and gotten their GSV ablated?

Did things go badly after or did it improve things for you?

I have a few days left until the procedure and I’m trying not to panic.

I am scheduled to have an ablation of my GSV and am extremely nervous, as I have not only considerable chronic venous insufficiency that causes pressure, heaviness, pain, extreme blood pooling, etc. but I also have been told by multiple doctors that I might have EDS as well as I have late-stage Lyme Disease plus co-infections.

I was diagnosed with an undifferentiated connective tissue disease, have had a positive ANA titer and systemic inflammation. My Lyme Disease panel also came back saying I have Babesiosis, Powassan Virus and Tickborne Encephalitis Virus, which would make sense with years and years of extreme inflammation and a variety of other severe symptoms that have rendered my bedridden most of the time and struggling horribly the time that I’m doing things as much as I can.

My legs pose a huge problem and I cannot stand for long at all before it becomes a large problem. Even standing in front of the mirror to floss and brush my teeth causes crazy blood pooling and discomfort. There are hard knots in my GSV and the vein aches and hurts horribly at times and has kept me from sleeping and has driven me to tears. Each morning I wake up with insanely red, burning feet. Something does have to be done, but-

I’m so nervous.

I’ve been a medical mystery for so long but have recently been finally connecting dots on nervous system issues and more being connected to Tickborne illnesses and inflammation being possibly from that or from mold toxicity or both and the possibility of it being from EDS, possibly vEDS.

I’m worried the ablation might be bad for someone like me, but I don’t know. I don’t want to cause more damage, but I also need to try to treat things to be as functional as possible.

Has anyone had vEDS or EDS or Lyme/co-infections and gotten their GSV ablated?

Did things go badly after or did it improve things for you?

I have a few days left until the procedure and I’m trying not to panic.