Varicose Veins Quotes

I know lots of women who have slim legs but refuse to wear skirts because of unsightly varicose or spider veins. Though heredity plays a role, your genes don't have to doom you to a life of long pants.

Varicose veins are the result of an improper selection of grandparents.

I've got spider veins all over my legs, so I wear opaque tights all winter. All sorts of colours.

When I go to the beach, my grandchildren try to make words out of the veins in my legs. That's why I still take the pill; I don't want any more grandchildren.

I reckon responsible behavior is something to get when you grow older. Like varicose veins.

I've had problems with my eyes, and my legs hurt if I walk a great deal. That's due to very bad circulation. It's called claudication, and it's painful. So I have to stop if I'm walking, and pretending I'm looking in the window, so that I can rest them a little bit and then start off again.

I would like better colouration of my legs, like a little less of that English mottled purple thing that makes it necessary to wear tights all the time.

I first noticed my varicose veins when I was pregnant with my second child, and I'd always thought that it was something that affected older, inactive people. I looked at my lifestyle and thought, 'I can't be a candidate for this.' Eventually, the pain became something I couldn't ignore.

If one looks closely one sees that there is no essential difference between a beggar's livelihood and that of numberless respectable people. Beggars do not work, it is said; but then, what is work? A navvy works by swinging a pick. An accountant works by adding up figures. A beggar works by standing out of doors in all weathers and getting varicose veins, chronic bronchitis, etc. It is a trade like any other; quite useless, of course - but then, many reputable trades are quite useless.

After sitting for two to three hours at a stretch, my feet just swell up. So I try to walk as much as I can.

I don't wear mini-skirts or shorts because I have thread veins on my legs and cellulite, and I won't wear tights.

If the veins in the back of your legs look like the street map of greater Pittsburgh, you ain't nobody's babydoll.

He's a trellis for varicose veins.