Thanks all who expressed their kind wishes following my deep vein thrombosis which I incurred from my flight home from Los Angeles last October.
My appointment with the consultant yesterday went very well. He said that the swelling in my left foot and ankle was quite normal and that many DVT patients had much more acute swelling at this stage due to permanent vein damage. He says I should make a full recovery so the doc will be withdrawing me from taking the warfarin tablets by mid May and I should be fit to fly to Boston in September for my clan gathering, so long as I drink plenty soft drinks, wear flight socks, and keep active during the flight. Boston isn't quite so far away, its on the near side of the USA from Scotland so I can get daytime flights in both directions. No Pacific Coast for me this year!!