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Old Feb 11, 2024 | 1:24 pm
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Originally Posted by FlaAnnie
This is what makes me crazy when doctors recommend that their patients frequently get up and walk around the plane to prevent DVT. Wonder what the risk ratio is between the two. I’ll stick with moving feet and legs while seated!
I dunno. Have been flying across large bodies of water for three decades, and my unscientific gut feel is that there are fewer cases of “bad” turbulence - perhaps because we have gotten better at identifying and avoiding them. That obviously doesn’t mean than even out-of-the-blue severe turbulence without warning isn’t always a possibility. And so I do keep the seat belt on and tight when I am in my seat. But I am not afraid for my life when I get up to stretch or to get something out of the bin or to go use the lav. The latter nowadays (increase in age) is more frequently than when I was younger. I used to always pick window seats as I like the view - nowadays for longer flights I choose the aisle seat for the ability to get up.
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