Guest guest Posted January 22, 2004 Report Share Posted January 22, 2004 Hi all, I live in the UK and am about to have a BHR. This is a very routine operation in the UK and is covered under our National Health Service although the waiting list can be quite long if you don't go private. I have now been waiting 12 months since seeing the consultant and being put on the wait list. I'm due for the op on Febraury 2nd and can't wait. I'm (only) 55 and want to get back to normal ie; windsurfing, sailing, scuba diving etc. Anyway the point I want to raise is there has has been a lot of press coverage here about the risk of Deep Vein Thrombosis in connection with air travel, especially in long haul ecomomy class (long haul for us usually means over 3 hours), and the risk is greater for those who have major surgery such as hip replacements and should not be undertaken within 3 months of the op. My OS has said that air travel should be OK after 6 weeks and after that the risk is the same for anyone. Having looked at the surfacehippy site for a while it seems that a lot of people in the US travel long distances ie; to Belgium, to have the op then return within a few days. Are there no reported cases of DVT in the US associated with air travel ? I would have thought that US citizens are more used to long haul and therefore be at greater risk than us in the UK. Keep up the good work with all the positive feedback - I very rarely hear anyone say they regret having has their re-surfacing op done Dennis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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