I finally got to ride in one of those sweet little airport golf carts--- and what a relief! Walking slowly on the hard surface of Vancouver's beautiful international airport turned out to be more stressful than I had anticipated. By the time I climbed onto this rig, I was ready to elevate again. This was my first day without ice. Traveling and icing just seemed too complicated, and I hadn't want to risk confiscation of my favorite ice packs. Relying solely on elevation for pain relief worked just fine. It was easy to elevate on the car ride to Vancouver, at the restaurant with our son in Bellingham, Washington, and then on this jaunty golf cart. Fortunately, I got lucky on the plane...
Serendipity! As it turned out, my husband and I scored an empty window seat next to our two seats. This was an amazing piece of luck, allowing me to fidget about, curl up on one hip, switch to the other hip, sit in the window seat with my legs across the middle seat, elevate my leg on my husband's lap, lie down--- contort myself into just about every position but stand on my head. Actually, I think the flight would have been torture without the extra seat, and I would have had to get up constantly to prowl the aisle.
To reduce my risk of blood clots with air travel I took aspirin morning and evening for two days, and put the compression sock on before boarding the plane. Looks like I made it! Let the relaxation begin!
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