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wow, that was great info. i am going out to buy some parsely now. i leave in 12 days and i drink a lot of water. guess i will buy bottled water when we arrive and take it on board. i can't believe the "plethera" of information that one can contain on these threads!:D

it happened to me for the first time a couple years ago. then last year we flew to california and drove thru the mountains and my ankles were very swollen the whole time. took nearly a week to get back to normal when we got home. then flew to fla last fall and it happened again but not as bad. my sis has the same problem when she flies. i talked to my dr and she said it was the high altitude that can suddenly cause it and that is why it stayed so bad in calif. i am going to wear compression sox for the flight down before the cruise in hopes that it helps. we will see in 2 weeks