I had never heard it explained that way.
But the moment he said it, I understood everything.
Including why my aunt's veins had come back.
Surgery removes the vein.
It doesn't fix the walls.
So the pressure just finds another weak spot and pushes through there instead.
It's like patching one hole in a leaking pipe without fixing the water pressure.
Another hole appears.
Then another.
And then he said the thing that made me genuinely angry.
The vascular surgeons know this.
They know the walls stay weak.
They know the blood reroutes.
They know the veins come back.
Not one of them told me.
I watched the whole video.
Then I looked up where he practiced.
I expected California. New York.
Somewhere I'd never realistically get to.
He was in my town (I'm from Arizona).
I booked an appointment before I even finished my coffee.