"Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
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> On 1/4/2015 7:29 PM, Janet wrote:
>
>>
>> I'm sure you're joking but that's a really bad idea on long flights;
>> alcohol worsens flight dehydration (which raises the risk of DVT's) .
>> Very often when people feel "jetlagged " after a long flight, the
>> symptoms are really just dehydration from the cabin air conditioning and
>> all that free booze. Better to drink lots of water :-)
>>
>> Janet UK
>
> Also, get up and walk around frequently. I take an aspirin for a couple
> of days before a long flight as it acts like a blood thinner.
>
> Am I going overboard? Perhaps, but after a cross country and
> transatlantic flight, my brother died in Morocco from a DVT. He traveled
> the world over the years and this was to be his last trip before retiring.

I remember having trouble walking after one flight. They were remodeling
Logan airport and I had to walk forever and a day to get to where my
husband's car was parked. I can't remember the particulars of that flight
now but it was likely one where I was forced to stay in my seat more than I
wanted to. I always would try to get up and walk but it wasn't always
possible.

Note that I was not yet disabled in those days and I didn't normally have
trouble walking. I did have trouble with one knee that would subloxate.
Had trouble with that since I was 12. The vascular surgeon said that the
knee trouble was related to my bad veins. I didn't believe her when she
said this but since I began the leg elevation and wearing the compression
hose, I think I have only had knee trouble twice. And the recovery from it
was nothing like it used to be in the old days. I once had to go have the
extra fluid drained off. But I digress.