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Old Mar 3, 2008, 8:31 am
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HiltonP
 
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 29
Originally Posted by DeafFlyer
HiltonP. There is no comparison between an airline seat and a Roho, or Jay2 Cushion. I take the DVT thing seriously, because of the various factors that exist in an airplane that don't exist on the ground in my comfy wheelchair.
Then do as so many of us do, pull the airline base cushion out (it is intended to be removeable) and insert your Roho, Jay2, ANOther in its place. That way you get to enjoy your comfy wheelchair cushion on the flight.

I hear what you, and other next poster are saying, but in my mind it doesn't add up. If DVT was a genuine threat then regardless of airplane / wheelchair / etc quads and paras should be dying on a regular basis from DVTs, and they're not.
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