What started as a simple favor turned into a life-changing diagnosis. In this episode of Open Book, we meet Jeanne Molan — a retired mom and grandmother who agreed to be a “leg model” for a medical training session, only to find out she had chronic venous insufficiency she never knew about. Her daughter, Amy Molan, a Medtronic medical science expert, invited Jeanne to help demonstrate an ultrasound for physicians learning to identify venous disease. But when the instructor asked about symptoms like leg heaviness, pain, and swelling, Jeanne realized she did have them — she had just assumed it was aging. Jeanne is a reminder that what we normalize as “just getting older” may actually be treatable. Watch her journey from surprise diagnosis to why awareness matters.

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