Clots!

Appreciate all the information. Take care of yourself and enjoy being off the road.
I also take a 81mg. aspirin every day and have been for probably 30 years. They're a miracle pill.
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Can get blood clots on long flights, such as going overseas. Need to stand up and stretch the legs a few times during the flight.
Sometimes someone dies during a long flight and blood clots can be the culprit.

 

In that case, a city P&D job would be better. At least you're getting up and walking around fairly frequently.

 

RIP Smitty.

 

Health= Main reason I fully retired in 2020, after 45 yrs (Army, LEO & last 16 yrs OTR Trucking.) No amount of $$$ is enough if your Health deteriorates in the process. Lost 9 good friends (All Truckers) within the last 16 yrs.)
Enough is enough. Happy Trails...!!

 

Clots are the reason I’m off the road. Three days in the ICU with lots of TPA to try and get multiple, bilateral, embolisms in my lungs, plus two fully clotted up legs. Had to do the root-rooter treatment thing, after they put a clot catcher in my main chest vein..... nurses were awesome, though, with the exception of the former marine medic. No sense of humor.

If your legs start hurting (stinging, sharp pains), short of breath, legs swelling, shoes don’t fit anymore.... get yourself checked out. Any of those clots in my lungs could have been “lights out” if they had gone “left” instead of “right”. Like they did my uncle at 44.

Try to walk around for five minutes every two hours, or at least do toe lifts and leg pushes to keep the blood moving.

 

This is one reason I take my dogs. We get out and walk every few hours. I do think I am going to start taking a baby aspirin a day. U got to watch your sodium and carb intake also. Junk food causes edema when sitting behind the wheel all day. I have noticed mygmy ankles get puffy after weeks on the road..when I get home it goes away.

 

May not be a clot for me...

But I get dehydrated and it can do this...

Hydration and beans and lemons
No salt

48 hrs cleared