URGENT URGENT death-connected symptom (swelling and pain in legs)...

URGENT URGENT death-connected symptom (swelling and pain in legs): The death of NBC journalist 39 year old and otherwise-healthy David Bloom in the Iraqui war last weekend made something "click" in my mind: The cause of his death was a pulmonary embolism, a blood clot in the lungs brought on by sitting and sleeping in a cramped position (knees up under chin, in a Humvee) for days at a time, and (HERE'S WHAT IS IMPORTANT) he was dehydrated. Taking Neurontin dehydrates a person, and many have posted side-effects of leg pain and swelling. Dehydration reduces the blood's ability to flow freely -- or rather -- increases clots, which then can travel to the brain (strokes) heart (heart attack) or lung (pulmonary embolism). It is the same thing that has killed people who sit in airplane seats for long overseas flights, while not drinking enough water. Our society discourages us from drinking as much water as we need, and urinating frequently enough -- from lack of public restrooms to not letting school children go to the bathroom frequently enough (left to itself the human body will void the bladder every 20 minutes). To all my fellow Neurontin userids: drink more water, your life could depend on it! JanK