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[Kachina624]

@haddon9.  I always wear compression hose when flying.  Otherwise my legs and ankles swell up like balloons, stay that way for days and are every painful.  Doctor says it's caused by poor air quality on planes.  Hose prevents the problem.

[hckynut]

Flying, especially long flights, increase ones chances of blood clots in the legs. Lack of movement for long periods of time/altitude and cabin pressure, can all increase ones risk of DVT.

Compression socks increase the blood circulation in the extremities of the body such as the hands/legs and feet. Compression Socks and sleeves can help lower the risks of DVT, and the even more serious, PE.

I do not fly much, but because of my 2 separate bouts with potential deadly PE, I would never fly any distance without wearing both. I wear Copper Fit Compression Socks because I like the way they feel, and when skating they seem to help me get my blood temperature up faster, thus my muscles are more ready for my higher exertion types of skating.

These socks are nowhere close to the TED socks I wore during my long hospital stays on a Hephrine IV during my 2 PE episodes. Those were not easy to put on for sure.

hckynut

[freakygirl]

@hckynut @do you wear them? if yes, what brand?

[JeanLouiseFinch]

I wear them daily, to address swelling in my ankles and feet. By keeping those areas compressed, the pooling of blood is prevented and blood flows better.  The compression socks offered on QVC have more of a mild to medium compression.  

[SeaMaiden]

my entire working life standing for 8 plus hours a day WITHOUT COMPRESSION HOSE caused me to have lots of vein issues.... leg swelling.  Now I wear them to help with circulation caused from years of abuse on my legs.  I wear the knee high hose everyday and only take them off at night when I go to bed.

[freakygirl]

@hckynut ooops! didn’t see your entire post earlier. pardon me!

[haddon9]

@hckynut Good to know.  I plan on flying but it will only be a 2 hour flight later this month.  for longer ones I may look into it.

[haddon9]

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@Kachina624 wrote:

@haddon9.  I always wear compression hose when flying.  Otherwise my legs and ankles swell up like balloons, stay that way for days and are every painful.  Doctor says it's caused by poor air quality on planes.  Hose prevents the problem.

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@Kachina624   Sounds awful & I haven't had this problem.  However my right knee has bee giving me a lot of problems lately....it gets very painful & a bit swollen.

[JeanLouiseFinch]

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@hckynut wrote:

Flying, especially long flights, increase ones chances of blood clots in the legs. Lack of movement for long periods of time/altitude and cabin pressure, can all increase ones risk of DVT.

Compression socks increase the blood circulation in the extremities of the body such as the hands/legs and feet. Compression Socks and sleeves can help lower the risks of DVT, and the even more serious, PE.

I do not fly much, but because of my 2 separate bouts with potential deadly PE, I would never fly any distance without wearing both. I wear Copper Fit Compression Socks because I like the way they feel, and when skating they seem to help me get my blood temperature up faster, thus my muscles are more ready for my higher exertion types of skating.

These socks are nowhere close to the TED socks I wore during my long hospital stays on a Hephrine IV during my 2 PE episodes. Those were not easy to put on for sure.

hckynut

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@hckynut  My socks have a firm compression and I buy the open toe type.  It can be a bit of a wrestling match to get them on.  When I was in the hospital for surgery this past December, I learned a trick that truly impressed me.  It only works with the open toed compression hose.  The nurse/aid who was attending to me put the plastic wrapper over my toes and ball of my foot first and the TED hose slid over much easier.  Once the sock was on, she removed the plastic wrapper and repeated the same process on the other foot.  Due to certain restrictions, I needed my husband's help at home and this trick came in very handy.  He used a sandwich baggy.

[hckynut]

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@freakygirl wrote:

@hckynut ooops! didn’t see your entire post earlier. pardon me!

@freakygirl 

You didn't see it because it wasn't there. Having problems with this danged tablet. Will be typing away and it goes to "post" and I am nowhere near that red little box.

Tried my wife's tablet and it's worse. This started a couple weeks ago and is driving me to??

hckynut

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