Taking a long bus ride. Don't have access to compression stockings. Any tips?

I am taking a bus trip halfway across the US. I can't afford a pair of compression stockings and my insurance doesn't cover them because they aren't medically necessary (because a $60 pair of stockings that could prevent a clot and possibly thousands of dollars in hospital bills isn't medically necessary). I am planning on getting off the bus during longer stops and doing a little walking.

Is there anything else I can do to prevent possible dvt? I'm on lifelong warfarin therapy and my inr is therapeutic right now but I'm still terrified of getting another.

Thanks so much.

Posted Apr 26, 2017, 6:01 PM UTC

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