Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Support Group
Deep-vein thrombosis, also known as deep-venous thrombosis or DVT, is the formation of a blood clot ("thrombus") in a deep vein. It can be caused by something preventing blood from circulating or clotting normally. Join the support group if you are coping with DVT and find others who are going through the same challenges.
I didn't want to wear a compression sock while I was working the dental trade show all dressed up. Instead I wore hose and then got some gel shoe inserts with arch support and I made it through 2 days on my feet with NO discomfort.
Even before my DVT, the trade shows killed my feet. I'd feel hobbled after standing in a small booth (on concrete no less) all day with no opportunity to sit.
Last year the compression sock helped with swelling, but my legs and feet, dvt side particularly, were still painful. This year was remarkable; the support hose held down swelling and the inserts took all the stress out of standing - what a great combo. They work great in my sneakers too, like adding shock absorbers.
Even before my DVT, the trade shows killed my feet. I'd feel hobbled after standing in a small booth (on concrete no less) all day with no opportunity to sit.
Last year the compression sock helped with swelling, but my legs and feet, dvt side particularly, were still painful. This year was remarkable; the support hose held down swelling and the inserts took all the stress out of standing - what a great combo. They work great in my sneakers too, like adding shock absorbers.
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Look at what my best friend did with my picture!
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We all have 24 hours in a day. How we spend these hours is important. Watching a little bit of a video about how sitting affects us made me aware of how much sitting and laying down I do. Gonna have to work on that.Your turn. Tell me another truth.
When I was in the hospital with the PE/DVT, the doctor said I had to walk as much as possible after I was out of the ICU. It HURST SO MUCH. The day I was admitted, I had been wearing these old school sneakers, like 1970 style track shoes. They had the slightest wedge sole and they were the only shoes that I could walk in without wanting to cut my leg off. I looked completely nuts in my hospital gown and those sneakers (they were pink and green and I wear a size 11-YIKES), while shuffling along, just me and my heperin pole and occassionally my husband holding my gown closed around my back side so my ass wasn't hanging out, but I tell you what the support from those shoes was worth how frightening I looked. I wore them for a month straight when I got home. I think it's similar to the affect of the gel insert.
One caveat - inserts can make some shoes feel tighter. So if you have a shoe that is already snug, adding an insert will make it not fit. I tried my inserts with one pair of pumps and they were unwearable. But in my sneakers and in the pumps I wore at the show, they were fantastic.