Swollen Feet from Flying

By

britt's lady

I have a condition called chronic venous insufficiency which causes swelling in my lower legs on a continual basis. I do know that the most helpful thing to do after you allready have the swelling is to lay with your legs propped up so that they are above the level of your heart for at least 1/2 hour every few hours if you can. That will get the blood to circulate and bring down the swelling.

By

Deeli

Hi MUVVA :-)

Love your photo !!! You look like a gal who is adventerous and truly has fun ;-)

Ditto on the loo so I make sure to have alcohol based cleaning wipes to use on my hands (may have touched icky germs just having opened the door to go in) and then use on the seat before placing the paper seat cover or TP ... After done and have washed my hands I use the paper towel I dried with to unlock and open the door ;-) I have faith you can overcome the phobia ;-)

Have a grand non-swollen feet trip to Barbados and submit a photo from the trip in the Thrifty Fun Photo Contest to share with us :-) You might even win with a cool pic and description ;-)

By

MUVVA

Thanks Deeli
Always take off my sandals as soon as I get on the plane. Must admit I dont get out of my seat if I can help it. Off to Barbados in July (longest flight ever undertaken) so will obviously have to get out of my seat for that one!!

Will try drinking more water and cut out the fizz, also do the exercises. Luckily dont suffer with smelly feet so thats not a problem. LOL.

One problem I have is that I have a bit of a phobia about plane loos, so dont normally drink too much, but if it means pain free feet and ankles, I'll have to try and overcome that.

By

Deeli

Because of cabin air pressure and lowered, recycled oxygen you need to avoid 'any' salty foods, including soda pop, and drink plenty of plain water. It's actually a blessing that most airlines no longer offer free pretzels, salted peanuts and pop anymore ;-)

Your feet can also swell from lack of movement/circulation so get up as often as possible and walk the aisles or at least move a lot in your seat and do foot exercises even if it irritates your seat mates ;-)

Oh, and another thing that works for me is as soon as I get to my seat at boarding is taking my shoes off and just have on socks during the flight. It helps greatly :-) Just be sure to be kind and spray those socks with perfume or cologne if you have smelly feet ;-) It might be irritating to seat mates that you move around a lot but body odor is a completely different matter ;-) LOL!