Weight Lifting and Sclerotherapy?

akindc

I'm not sure if many of you have had this problem, but googling hasn't turned up much information or anecdotes.

I'm still pretty young - 26 - but I have a nasty varicose vein on the back of my right knee that I've had for as long as I can remember. Since I started heavy lifting a few months ago, it seems to have gotten worse and puffier. It doesn't hurt or bother me - just looks really ugly.

I've been meaning to get sclerotherapy for it for a while anyway, so I made an appointment for next week so that I could at least have most of the summer where my leg isn't freaking little kids out

My question is...can you go back to weight lifting without the problem coming back? I'm assuming once the vein is closed, it doesn't suddenly reopen, but I have other veins emerging from that one (or the same one making things worse?) that are getting to that same bulging-ness. I'm worried that I won't be able to heavy lift again, either way.

Anyone with a similar experience?