DVT

[Lou Lou 1]

Make sure you are active the days before you fly too. Go for long walks or something. Instead of sitting around waiting for your plane to board, take lots of walks around the airport. If you need to get up a lot ask for an aisle seat so you don't bug people. I get up every hour and move around the plane while others just lounge and can barely be arsed to get up for the loo even once. They're the foolish people! Take extra water with you. The amount they serve just isn't enough. I usually drink 3-4 litres on an 8 hour flight and I feel great at the end of it while everyone else looks knackered. And when you arrive try and go for a little walk in the fresh air to move those pins (legs) again.

[aussiewench 9]

My first and only flight to the US my ankles swelled up a beauty on the return trip especially. I was lapping that plane and it wasnt helping one lil bit. I was in a right panic about it too. The flight attendants where going OMG at my ankles but nothing seemed to work. I am stressing a lil about this for my trip back there. I know I spent the 3 months I was there on my a$$ a lot as we were doing a lot of driving all over the US...but in comparison I been doing a lot more sitting on my a$$ with VJ for 8 months now

Ok so what you all thnk.....will those compression stocking thingys do the trick?

[snz1802 0]

I actually had this once a long time ago, it was when i was pregnant with my son. The doctor told me the reason why I got once was because I sat at work for long periods of time without getting up and also my legs would dangle sometimes off the chair. I sat in a very high chair. Also, being pregnant didn't help matters any. It is very important to keep the circulation going in your legs. I had to be hospitalized and take special medication to thin my blood, it was given through an IV, then I had to take it by mouth when I went home. Not a very pleasant experience to say the least.

[Kajikit 65]

If you want to avoid a DVT, do your foot and leg exercises and most importantly, drink a lot of water and NO ALCOHOL. Getting dehyrated makes the blood 'stickier'... you're not likely to get a DVT sitting at your office desk unless you have some other predisposing factor. I was worried about the plane flight from Australia to the US but I got up every few hours and stretched, and I wiggled around in my seat and drank stacks of water and I was fine.