I had my post-op visit today and they took the stitches out. I am still amazed that I could have a huge vein yanked on a Thurs and have the stitches out the next Wed! It looks awful right now but I can see the potential. The ropey, bulgy vein is totally gone. Once the bruising is gone and the little incisions heal, I will be a happy girl. The Dr said that on a scale from 1-10, 10 being the worst bruising he had ever seen, I was a 7.5. I had a monster vein taken out and I bruise pretty ea...

Yesterday I had "surgery" to remove a huge vericose vein that ran from practically the top of my inner thigh to about 4 inches below my knee. I say "surgery" because I would call it a procedure. It was done right in the office and was very quick. I am back on my feet today! I can't believe that something that used to require a huge slit and major recovery time has been so far reduced in invasiveness. It is similar to the differences made in gall bladder surgery (which I had the opportunit...

I was so excited when I heard this story on the news this morning. Scientists were able to freeze a woman's ovary while she underwent treatment for cancer. She went into menopause which would normally mean she no longer had hopes for concieving. They then implanted the ovary under her tissue, it reversed her menopause, ovum were produced, they then created an embryo. Unfortunately the implantation was unsuccessful but it sure gives new hope. Men currently have great success in having sp...

Hope the title didn't get anyone excited, this is not an in depth article trying to explain string theory so if that is what you were hoping for, move along.  Instead, this blog is more of simply my general reaction to this theory. I was watching a Nova piece about string theory and found it very interesting.  I have to give scientists credit for putting so much effort into something that really can't be tested.  All the while I couldn't help thinking, no matter how far scienti...