My name is Mary Anne and I live in the Chicagoland area, where, in most cases we are known for having a high level of health care professionals at our fingertips. I am 60, physically fit, very active and do not fit the stereotype for someone with Vein problems. My story is that I had…
It’s been nearly eight months since the Vein Specialists Fort Myers location introduced IVUS (Intravascular ultrasound) to its patients. As you may have read in our earlier blogs, IVUS is the newest technology that allows a catheter based ultrasound to precisely identify and measure pelvic vein blockages. This unique system allows the surgeon to view…
Tired of the cold, snowy New England winters, Kristi Harkness and her family relocated to warmer Fort Myers in 2004. Dedicating herself as a homemaker and mother, Kristi devotes most of her time to her four sons whom she homeschools. She dearly loves her boys, but four pregnancies left her with symptomatic varicose veins in…