Originally Posted by inflammabl

Support hose? No real man would wear a support hose. Support hose. Pleah. What do you think I am, some girly man? Please. I do wear a G-sock. 30-40mmHg Sigvaris like a fighter pilot. Yeah.

BTW - Thanks to you and others I've lost so much weight that I've dropped a whole size in G-socks (L to M).

Originally Posted by Whofan

Wow. What a timely bump - I have vein surgery scheduled for Friday this week. I went in originally to have some spider veins removed and was told I had deep vein insufficiency in both legs that needed to be dealt with first. They ran all the dopler sonogram tests, I was there for more than an hour. I don't know if I've ever had a blood clot, but the young woman who sat next to me at work died of a sudden Pulmonary Embolism at Christmas, so it's on my mind a lot.

I'm going on a long plane journey in August and will be ordering the support hose from the link above to be on the safe side.

On a final note, my gut instinct tells me that if I hadn't been addicted to walking and long hikes for the last 30 years I would have been in big trouble by now. Not smoking, eating low carb, and walking might be the three best things we can do for our health.

Originally Posted by Judynyc

If you've never had leg pain, then you probably didn't have a clot. It's very painful!
While its wise to get compression hose, its also wise to get up every 20-30 minutes while in flight and walk around a bit.
Have a great trip!

By the way, I got out of jury duty on a permanent basis due to my chronic condition.

Originally Posted by Judynyc

30-40mmHg Sigvaris is what I wear too. Sorry my choice of words offended you, I didn't mean it that way at all.

Congrats on your losses! Keeping your weight stable will also help.

Originally Posted by Whofan

Thanks, Judy. I've never had leg pain, other than chronic, debilitating night cramps. So, it's a relief to hear that maybe I've not had a clot. So sorry you suffered that pain. I get out of jury duty permanently too - by being a resident alien, not a citizen.

Originally Posted by inflammabl

I'm sorry. Your words of choice were just fine. I should have put a smiley face on my response.

After getting a G-sock I was talking with a buddy of mine and had called it a compression sock. We then set about analyzing how it worked. Compression pressures, the height of my clot, similarities to hydrostatic pressures, etc. etc. and he said "It's like a G-suit only just for your leg!" Ever since I like to think of it as a "G-sock" and not a compression hose. It's funny to me.

(<---- smiley)

Originally Posted by Whofan

My vascular surgeon's office just called and told me to bring 30-40 strength compression tights with me. The appointment is the day after tomorrow, I can't find them anywhere, so I guess I'll have to buy them from the surgeon, at $80. Grrrrr! Why are these things so expensive?

Originally Posted by Whofan

Nancy: I googled that same thing as soon as the surgeon called me. No success. I have to have tights, not stockings, and everyone I spoke with only had stockings, and they were around the same price. It's bad enough they're so expensive, but I am NOT looking forward to wearing tights in a NYC summer. Judy said she takes them off when it gets over 90 degrees. Maybe I'll have to as well but I really want to get the best results possible from this surgery.