Thank you so much for sharing this. This is so brave! For me this was what I was suspecting for years, but all doctors tell me that varicose veins don't occurr there,so they rather continued searching until they found me having MS and then ignored my issues (mainly pain and swelling). I also have IBS, Slip disc, neurogenic bladder and pelvic floor hypertension (suspected) which I feel are all linking to the MS showing up a lot as spasticity in my back and lower body. Do you too suffer from lots of lesions in the brain stem & spine?