@seacrab
What is causing your vein insufficiency? How would ablation help with blood flow?

Have you been medicated to improve blood flow and are you getting physical therapy and exercise to help improve blood circulation?

Have you had your oxygen and iron levels checked? Have you had extensive bloodwork to determine what may be behind your cardiovascular/vein issues?

@seacrab
Are you working with a nutritionist/dietitian to determine what changes in diet, supplements and hydration could help support your vascular system health? Are you drinking a good amount of water each day to help with blood flow? You need to have at least 50% of your weight in ounces of water each day. So if you are 150 pounds, you need a minimum of 75 ounces of water each day. Adding electrolytes may help you retain some of the fluid in your body.

Do they know what the cause of the insufficiency is?

I have both venous insufficiency (diagnosed by ultrasound testing) and peripheral neuropathy (diagnosed by EMG). I see a cardiologist and a neurologist. Neither one thinks these two medical problems are connected and neither one has found a cause for either one after much testing. But, I do think they may be connected. I have read that venous insufficiency may cause or exacerbate PN. True or not, there seems to be a current debate. I have always eaten healthy, kept a healthy weight, and exercised often and well. So, they have no idea why either of these have happened. But... I have noticed that when I wear compression sleeves on my lower legs every day, my PN symptoms improve a LOT. I stick with that for now. And I walk as much as possible as that seems to help everything. I hope you can find some helpful options to ease your situation.

Do you mean veins or arteries? Arteries carry blood and oxygen to your extremities and veins carry it back to your heart.

Hello

Veins, not arteries. Vein ablation and other injection techniques are outpatient procedures to close off a number of smaller veins that are varicose in nature or dont have properly working properly.

I plan on posting more in the near future. I'm looking for a vein specialist that can ease my stress about the procedure.

SeaCrab

I have Venous Insufficiency and PN. My understanding of VI is that the valves no longer work in those veins so that the blood pools. I don't know the cause but some of it is related to aging as the valves wear out. The ablation just shuts off those veins and so you don't have the pooling of blood. I saw two cardiologists - one suggested the ablation procedure and one felt that if I wasn't having swelling that I could just wait and see. I chose to wait and see. I wasn't worried about the procedure - just didn't want to do it if I didn't have to.
I also have idiopathic PN in my feet and lower legs. I take Lyrica to help with the discomfort. I exercise and try to eat healthy because it's good for me in many ways but also there doesn't seem to be much to help with these two conditions.
Not sure if that helps you but let me know if I can provide any additional information. Good luck.