Flying after surgery and blood clots

[maxcat 0]

what did your surgeon say about flying and blood clots after surgery. If I go to the Doc that I want to go to it will be a 2 leg flight one is 3 hrs the other about 4 hrs

Thanks

[filodough 1]

Ahhhh..... I thought I was the only person who was initially worried about this. I did have two flights to get home totaling 7 hours. I asked my surgeon about it especially since I was really tired, and did not know how much walking I was going to do. He said that I had been getting some kind of anti-coagulant through my IV. He advised me to try and get up and walk to them bathroom at least once on the flight (which I needed to especially with the liquid that I was sipping). I hope this was helpful.

[LAN2k 18]

you can actually do excercises while in your seat by squeezing your butt muscles, together with your thighs and pointing your toes up and then down. You can repeat this as much as you want and it will help to keep the blood circulating.

[Plumbum 0]

Maxcat, you are actually better off because your flight is in two stages. That way you are walking quite a bit when you are switching flights. I have had a blood clot before, so I will be on anticoagulants after surgery, but I will still be wearing my compression stockings. You can buy those at most pharmacies and I would recommend it for any time you fly. I will also be getting up and walking during my flight. I would rather inconvenience other people than go through another blood clot :-