Compression Socks

[Yetti]

@Marauder  Try oatmeal every morning for a couple of months.

[Guest]

Then he’ll look like this.

[Fly Boomer]

5 hours ago, ilovecornfields said:

DVT is a “deep venous thrombosis” not the little guys you can feel by touching your leg.

This makes me wonder if the compression hose are effective at staving off DVT?

[Shadrach]

4 hours ago, Marauder said:

Hey Dan. I think the symptoms present themselves differently for people. I never had swollen feet when I had DVTs. I had them a year before I actually came down with DVTs.

The ultrasound procedure is pretty easy and doesn’t take much time to do. Might bring peace of mind to have it checked out. Might be worthwhile letting your doc know that you flew a long flight and get their input.

For the MooneySpace community, Dan is one MooneySpacer who has seen me in my sexy compression socks.


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I went to catholic school and this pic reminds me of one of the nuns I had as a teacher.

[ilovecornfields]

1 hour ago, Fly Boomer said:

This makes me wonder if the compression hose are effective at staving off DVT?

They probably are, but you would need a huge study to “prove” it.

https://www.cochrane.org/CD004002/PVD_compression-stockings-preventing-deep-vein-thrombosis-dvt-airline-passengers
 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6477662/

[jaylw314]

2 hours ago, ilovecornfields said:

They probably are, but you would need a huge study to “prove” it.

https://www.cochrane.org/CD004002/PVD_compression-stockings-preventing-deep-vein-thrombosis-dvt-airline-passengers
 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6477662/

LOL, I would wear TEDs on a plane even if it only prevented asymptomatic DVTs. Even if most of them wouldn't have turned out to be significant, most doctors who find one will chase you down with very expensive things

 

[Marauder]

I went to catholic school and this pic reminds me of one of the nuns I had as a teacher.

When I went to catholic school, the nuns were the order called “Sister of Mercy”. Back then, they lived up to their name. “Mercy! Sister, Mercy!”


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[Rjfanjet]

I've been wearing compression socks since my mid 40's. We can even use our uniform allotment to purchase them. Commercial pilot for the last 23 years. Also wear them when riding the motorcycles, but I do a lot of distance riding.

[McMooney]

smh

 

[Shadrach]

My biggest takeaway from this thread is that many people think it’s perfectly acceptable to take their shoes of on a commercial flight. I very much prefer that people leave them on. I don’t particularly like the smell of Fritos when the smell is coming from actual Fritos. When it’s coming from a row neighbor’s footwell, it’s even less appealing.

[Pinecone]

While I understand your point, when you are talking about flights in the 6 - 17.5 hour (YES, I have been on a 17.5 hour flight, several times), it makes sense to take off your shoes.

 

I did wash and put on clean socks before the trip though.

[McMooney]

2 hours ago, Pinecone said:

While I understand your point, when you are talking about flights in the 6 - 17.5 hour (YES, I have been on a 17.5 hour flight, several times), it makes sense to take off your shoes.

 

I did wash and put on clean socks before the trip though.

No, Never, when stuck on a plane, it's almost the most horrid thing you can do to a person

[Danb]

On 6/14/2022 at 10:25 PM, Shadrach said:

I went to catholic school and this pic reminds me of one of the nuns I had as a teacher.

Yep

[Shadrach]

On 6/16/2022 at 11:11 PM, Pinecone said:

While I understand your point, when you are talking about flights in the 6 - 17.5 hour (YES, I have been on a 17.5 hour flight, several times), it makes sense to take off your shoes.

 

I did wash and put on clean socks before the trip though.

I’m not the shoe police. If there is no olfactory evidence that you’ve removed them, then it’s none of my business. One has to accept that one is in public on a flight. That should perhaps mean striving to be extra tolerant and also extra considerate. I think a good portion of travelers get this. I just happen to encounter quite a few that do not. I once woke up to what I thought was the smell of salt & vinegar potato chips only to discover that the dude behind me had wedged his bare foot between the sidewall and my seat back.